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Dealing with Leaf Miners on Spinach and Beets 31 Jul 2013 | 01:59 am
Spinach and beets are two of my favorite crops to grow in my relatively limited vegetable gardening space, but this year they just got infested with spinach leaf miners (probably because I have too li...
Grow a Prehistoric Dinosaur Garden 24 Jun 2013 | 02:52 am
There is something about a primordial forest, it looks old, it looks ancient, it piques my interest. The aesthetic of the old is greatly appealing to me, I think this is one of the reasons I like bons...
Carpet/Creeping Phlox, A Great Groundcover, Round 2 19 May 2013 | 01:32 am
I previously blogged about this plant in 2009 and it just looks so good this year I wanted to blog about it again. This will be a picture heavy post. Creeping Phlox Emerald Blue, Back Garden Creepin...
Set Your Garden on Fire 23 Apr 2013 | 08:14 pm
I’m being quite literal, the title of this blog post is “set your garden on fire” and I literally mean that. Burn it down. Why? Well, let me explain…. In the vegetable garden weeds are horrible, no o...
Cleaning up the Garden for a new Season 17 Apr 2013 | 02:58 am
One of the tasks a gardener must do yearly, or more often, is clean up the garden. In the ornamental garden you’ll have old dead perennials that must be cut down and dealt with to make room for the ne...
Extend the Harvest: How to Freeze Kale 26 Jan 2013 | 09:51 pm
I’ve blogged about kale a lot here, I really like it as a crop. It is a super food, incredibly healthy, and easily tucked into many many dishes. It is also easy to grow, and easy to harvest all summer...
How to Store Butternut and other Winter Squash 19 Jan 2013 | 09:23 pm
I recently reorganized my pantry to make more room for canned goods. This left me with an issue in regards to my winter squash. I can put up, maybe 30 a year in the fall with my current small city lo...
Orlando wants to fine homeowners for gardening 8 Jan 2013 | 06:48 am
More true tales of government run amok. As a proponent of gardening, gardening in your yard, and yes, even in your front yard I’ve mentioned numerous times on this blog how I think front yard farming...
Hardy Kiwi “Michigan State” 8 Dec 2012 | 11:40 pm
I love my hardy kiwi vine. Well, no, I take that back. I have a love/hate relationship with my hardy kiwi vine. I love the fruit it produces. Hardy kiwis produce little smooth-skin grape sized fruit ...
Why you prune shade trees in winter 19 Nov 2012 | 09:23 pm
The best time to prune most deciduous trees is in winter, this is true for a variety of reasons, it is easier to see the branches when the leaves are gone, the cuts can heal better, there is lower ins...
