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Garden Photo Contest

Feb 3, 2010 2:04pm

Holland Bulb Farms is having a garden photo contest. And no, not getting paid to tell you this (I wish) just thought I entered so others might want to too. Go and enter your own, or just vote for mine. Please? Here are my entries. They allow you to upload as...

A Dream of Spring

Feb 2, 2010 10:18am

All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair – The bees are stirring -birds are on the wing – And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring! And I the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing. Yet well I...

Extend the Harvest: How to Make Jam

Jan 27, 2010 12:49pm

This isn’t strictly a gardening post, strictly, but as I look outside and see the cold barren wasteland of Hoth I can’t really write much about gardening, can I? However, extending your harvest is something that is interesting and useful for all people who grow edible plants, which is a whole...

How to fix a tree with a split trunk from wind damage

Dec 15, 2009 7:05am

Readers of this blog will know that my favorite tree is my forest pansy redbud, indeed the related posts you’ll find at the bottom of this missive will point to the other blog posts where I have mentioned it. I love this tree because it has spring interest, in the...

San Francisco’s New Composting Law

Oct 21, 2009 9:44am

I just heard about this on the news. Apparently today a new law in San Francisco took affect, enacting the strictest trash ordinance in the country. Everyone either has to compost at home, or get a separate bin to put their compostables in for curbside pickup, or be fined with...

How to Propagate Hydrangea

Oct 19, 2009 6:10pm

I love big mophead hydrangeas, they do really well in shade or part sun, and get big bright flowers on them. They don’t do well north of where I am, but I’m pretty much at the northern border of where you’ll reliably get blooms every year, so I can grow...

Stalking the Purple Potato

Oct 7, 2009 5:48am

I love the idea of purple potatoes. Antioxidants and various other nutrituiets are often marked by color and flavor. Foods that are colorful, like blueberries or pomegranites, or butternut squash, have nutritients. Also, foods that are flavorful, cinnamon, nutmeg, most spices. The stronger the flavor, the darker the color, the...

Squash, Frost, Babies, and Kiwi

Oct 6, 2009 5:50pm

I’ve been a busy bee. Not blogging though. My last post, prior to this one, was July 30th. On August 1st my wife went back to work, which left work-at-home dad (aka me) as sole caretaker during the day for our then 2 month (now 4 month) year old son....

Smelly Soupy Poopy Compost Tumbler

Jul 30, 2009 4:31pm

Composting is not an exact science, and even someone who has used a compost tumbler for a long time like me can mess up. I use my compost tumbler in the following way: I take brown paper bags and while cooking put scraps of veggies, peels, watermelon rinds, etc, in...

The Best Type of Pot for Container Gardening

Jul 13, 2009 7:04pm

Garden planters can be made of a wide variety of materials, do you know which is best, do you know the pros and cons of each? Ceramic Ceramic or clay pots from plain terra cotta to fancy glazed colorful examples, are some of the most widely recognized and used garden containers,...