Articles and Tips March, 2009
Building a Water Garden Pond: DIY Water Garden Landscaping Basics
[caption id="attachment_996" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of Terling"][/caption]Building a water garden pond is an immensely rewarding experience, one that gives its builder an enduring sense of accomplishment in addition to creating a beautiful space in which to meditate and entertain. And it’s not as complicated as you might think. Although pond building and water garden landscaping can take many forms and attain many …
What I Can’t Live Without
I’ll turn 30 on April 24th. I’ve been gardening since I was three years old. I remember picking green beans with my parents at their first house. I remember calling Asiatic lilies “bubblegum flowers” because I thought they smelled like gum. I remember dumping sand from my sandbox in my mom’s flower bed, telling her it “improved drainage.”
I had my very …
We Answer Your Gardening Questions!
This morning I was watching the Today Show, and a very prissy guest host was talking with P.Allen Smith about gardening, and they were planting lettuce and potatoes and stuff. He got dirt ( excuse me, soil) all over her arm and she freaked out. It was hilarious.
What was NOT hilarious, though, was watching them indiscriminately eating violas straight out of the cell packs. Yes, …
Gardening Tips for my Friend
I am hoping to be in good enough shape-physically and economically-this fall to have Nancy teach me how to surf. In the meantime, she said she has been reading the blog for gardening tips, so I told her I would write one in her honor today. I am not exactly …
Seed Mosaic: Week Three
This is sort of a cop out post, because I have been traveling today. And, apparently Chris can’t post because he was stuck driving back and forth to the doctor in a blizzard. (Yes, Chris, I almost fell off my chair laughing when I got your email. I’m sorry-I must be lacking the sensitivity gene today, since my luggage didn’t make it.) Even though my bags aren’t here yet, I am …
The Three Hour tour: ECHO Global Farms
Yesterday, when I was supposed to be finishing some, uh, *work* for Chris, I decided to jaunt off on a three hour tour, instead. When in Rome. . .I am actually in Ft. Myers, Florida. Not exactly Rome, but it is to horticulturists like Rome is to starry-eyed art students. Florida has been pillaged by commercial agriculture and reckless development. I am ambivalent about Florida. …
Organic Lawn Care Bits for Spring
If you are thinking about transitioning to organic lawn care this spring, now is the time to start lining up your plan. It is possible to use organic techniques when maintaining your lawn. Organic lawn care solutions are not as quick as conventional methods, but they will keep your lawn, and your surrounding environment healthier in the long run.
Organic Weed Control
You can start anywhere, …
Building a Water Garden Pond
[caption id="attachment_225" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="On Garden Pond"][/caption]Building a water garden pond in your own backyard is something many dream about, but few accomplish. Many factors work together and help to put people off starting the process, and yet others are daunted when they are faced with a choice of pond kits and don’t know how to start choosing which one will be right for them.
Price …
Strange St. Patrick’s Day Tradition
So, this will make my fourth blog post in as many days. However, I feel inspired to share with you a particularly strange family tradition for St. Patrick’s day. This is a short one, but a good one.
Every year, the night before St. Patrick’s Day, my Mom would take us to the grocery to select ghastly dyed green carnations to give to our teachers the next …
Organic Gardening Book Reviews: The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food
With my new vegetable gardening project this spring, I have been reading a bunch of gardening books. You name it, I have it or have read it. I personally helped Chris select the books for the Organic Gardening Bookstore. They are all good ones. It is my mission to eventually review them …
