If the summer heat in August is waning, it’s time to start dry stone wall building and getting ready for a big September transplant and rebuilding push. Notes On The Dry Stone Wall The pic below shows the east wall and the corner turning across the front of the house. Turning the corner and heading […]
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I’m Headed For September Gardening
If the summer heat in August is waning, it’s time to start dry stone wall building and getting ready for a big September transplant and rebuilding push. Notes On The Dry Stone Wall The pic below shows the east wall and the corner turning across the front of the house. Turning the corner and heading […]
A Simple Trick For Increasing Fall Vegetable Harvests
Here’s a bit of research from Utah State University I found interesting and practical for those who grow a fall crop of vegetables either in the garden or in cold frames Researchers Benjamin Hudson and Dan Drost grew spinach and lambs-quarters in high-tunnels (a tall cold frame) and found that covering with a frost protector […]
How To Grow Groundcover Epimedium In The Shade Garden
Tomato Care Questions and Answers
If You Do These Five Things Your Container Vegetable Gardening Will Feed You
Introducing Fort Mayo: Our Backyard Vegetable Garden
I’d like to introduce Fort Mayo. This is our way of stopping the deer, rabbits and maybe even the chipmunks from eating more of our vegetable garden than we do. Construction Details I put 2×4’s into the ground and strung a top and bottom stringer between them. These stringers support a 24-inch tall length of […]
Lawn Rolling Should Be Outlawed On The Established Lawn
Lawn rolling must be hormonal. Every spring, just about this time, some mysterious hormone hits the male of the species and the urge to “do lawn work” strikes. Personally, I try to resist this urge whenever possible but from the looks of the lawns in the surrounding area, many of you are simply not able […]
Here’s Why Your July Vegetable Garden Should Be Ugly
How To Grow Dicentra or Bleeding Heart In The Shade Garden
Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit Plant Review
Echinacea or coneflower is one of the most beloved of garden perennials in the early parts of our century and breeders around the world have been working their magic with this plantEchinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’ is a seed-generated plant that homeowners can start themselves to achieve this kind of flower show Plant Details Height: 24 – […]
Who’s Doug Green?
Let's cut to the chase here without the usual fluff you usually read on websites about authors. The honest truth is I'm super-curious about most things and I want to know how stuff works. I'm not content to read the usual blah-blah. I want real information based on real data. (just because somebody online says it works is no reason for me to believe it) This means you're going to get the …
