I came across an interesting video that combines some thoughts I’ve attached to over the years. It inspires me to get some local rock dust from the gravel pits around here- we are a glaciated region. Well, I’m not considering becoming vegetarian any time soon, but it just makes sense to build the depleted soils […]
Vegetable garden
More Late Spring Pictures… and Thanks
I saw many rainbows this year The peony season is over, but they were beautiful Alchemyst bloomed richly though insects feasted . It is still rainy. In fact, it rained today. I removed the lettuce which looked fresh and healthy, but had gone bitter with the heat. I hoed away the many little weeds which […]
Springtime Garden Tips
Planting New Trees and Shrubs Earlier in the season my son-in-law asked me about planting a new arborvitae. He lives in Georgia, and I had seen his homesite for a screen he wanted in his back yard during last year’s visit. Arborvitae was a fine choice for what he wanted and where the plant would […]
Tip-toeing into Spring
I went to the Home and Garden show last Wednesday – it sure was crowded. One benefit was that I purchased some tomato seeds to start. This year is particularly good year to have a later start on indoor seeds, since the harsh winter is still with us here (even though temperatures are rising and […]
Interesting Organic Farmer Video
I liked viewing this, and although a little jerky in the photography, the conversation between Serena, of Farm Chicks and Verne, the farmer of Strawberry Hill Farm, held some great insights. I don’t think I would give up hybrid corn anytime soon, though. The exchange of taste and vigor for something that isn’t super high […]
Giant Pumpkins
Yesterday I watched, with a mixture of fascination and horror, the PBS documentary “Lords of the Gourd” about the lengths people will go to in growing the most gigantic pumpkin. It isn’t that I couldn’t identify, but that is part of the horror. Gardening is something with hooks. I think it is the combination of […]
