You never know what you will come across in the financial pages. In the commodities market, news was posted about the La Niña conditions and the weather conditions that are expected as a result. Their predictions for conditions are not happy ones for farmers or gardeners. Late wet spring is possible. With ensuing worries that […]
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Monday was for Mulching, Tuesday is for Blogging
Yesterday, in the moderating weather, we mulched with the shredded pine bark. That is my favorite type of mulch because I like the way it smells, and it is a pleasant sort of brown. Usually I would buy cypress, for its insect repelling properties, but I don’t really like its color or texture. One year […]
St. Francis Joke All About Gardens
A Christian Garden Joke “One heavenly spring morning, God got into a conversation with St. Francis about lawns. The conversation went something like this……. GOD: St. Francis, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there in the USA? What happened to the dandelions, violets, thistle, and […]
Different Mulches
Mulch Fingerling potatoes possess distinct flavor was the headline, and I was looking up how to use the fingerling potatoes I had bought to best advantage. While on the page I saw a notice on cocoa mulch. …Which led me to thinking about mulches. That is the topic for today’s post. Mulches Just thought […]
