My mind tells me to go out to the garden to plant onions. My body walks out the back door and starts filling up my new Vegogarden. The instructions recommend Hugelkultur–a fast way to build a raised bed. The bottom layer is cardboard–starting with the box the kit arrived in. Next, I walk in the woods,Read more about The Body Knows[…]
I finally focused on the invasive worm scare that i’ve been hearing about. All the worms in my vegetable garden are the jumping worms that eat up everything, including roots of plants. They leave behind, not beautiful, rich worm castings, which fertilize the soil, but loose, granular soil the texture of coffee grounds that sterilizesRead more about Oh, No.[…]
The deer are eating my zinnias. Zinnias! For the first time in 20 years, my zinnia flowers have been nipped off. Did you catch the cause of my irritation, the beginning of distress? “My” zinnias. Sez who? Someone else grew those zinnias; i (merely) planted them; someone (or something) else ate them. In 3 moreRead more about Please Don’t Eat the Zinnias[…]
A gardening friend offered a bucket of bat guano to our little gardening club. Since no one else took it, i did. Guano is strong stuff, capable of burning plants, so i added it to my compost pile. I do like adding a layer of manure to my compost lasagna. However, this is the firstRead more about Guano[…]
The Garden Club is having a plant sale on Saturday, so i’m dividing perennials and potting them up with compost. What a great opportunity to thin out some of the spreaders, such as bee balm. What are some of the spreaders in your life? Too much stuff in the house? Too much irritation in theRead more about White Bee Balm[…]