Earlier in the spring I’d posted a short note about making a cat’s cradle for tomatoes. Though I am still using cages in my raised beds, I’m always looking for ideas for when my garden will expand into bigger areas. Read More …
Month: June 2013
Plant-in-a-Bag Garden
Melon Tigger seeds. They are almost other-worldly! So I’ve had this bag of potting soil sitting around for weeks. And I’ve had this package of adorable looking melons waiting patiently for their chance to come alive. Time kept ticking, Read More …
Book Review: Home Sweet Home Grown
Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live by Robyn Jasko My rating: 5 of 5 stars There really is no shortage of gardening books out there. I have checked out dozens from the Read More …
Empty Lots, City Codes
Originally posted at LittleBigHarvest First of all, let me just say that the video above gets me very excited! A group taking action, doing exactly the thing I dream of; growing food on empty lots. Though I dream most Read More …
Released from Prison, Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher on Civil Disobedience & Building Movements
If you haven’t heard of Tim DeChristopher yet, you aren’t the only one. I just learned about him this morning. I think his story is one we should all take a look at; his message is the kind that we Read More …
Fast Friday Tip: Cutworm Collars
What the heck are cutworms? The name is kind of cute. But what they do is not so cute. Here is an image of a cutworm, along with the evidence of what it is they love to do. Add caption Gardeners loathe Read More …
Despite the Derecho
From LittleBigHarvest Big storms came through our area last night (and I fell to sleep uneasily just as they started, thinking about everything that could happen, mentally going through my checklist of how to keep the family safe if I Read More …
Nestlé introduces bottled water for “trendy, high-income” women
KATIE MCDONOUGH (source: www.salon.com) Ladies, if you’re lucky enough to live somewhere with access to clean drinking water, then you know that the stuff coming straight from your tap is enough to keep you alive in a purely physiological sense. But can Read More …
7 Ways to Kill Poison Ivy without Roundup
A poison ivy patch in our backyard has been the source of a lot of discomfort the past couple of years. It’s intermingled in the shrub line, an area where the kids love to climb in and around. A couple Read More …