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Wearable Garden?

2012/02/19

Wearable Garden?

I always thought the little vase in the VW’s was cute, but I didn’t have a VW. This is truly novel, and a great way to “cultivate” conversations about gardening: http://fab.com/sale/3525/ shows a wearable vase for your lapel, your tie, your bike, and more. Obviously you won’t be growing pumpkins here, but it gives you a little bit of gardening to bring with you everywhere, and draws other gardeners like a magnet. Many styles available, I couldn’t resist sharing this with the rest of the gardening community. Maybe some pungent sprouts for your salad? You couldn’t get much fresher than that! http://fab.com/na74m4 Related Blogs

D. Landreth Seed Co.

2011/09/30

D. Landreth Seed Co.

Update: We have been in contact with the D. Landreth Seed Company, and while they’re not out of the shark infested water, an island of hope appears to be closer! According to their latest post: "...Landreth has received funds to help pay off the notes that the company owes from three sources: (1) the sale of catalogs, (2) the sale of Landreth products and (3) donations to the www.chipin.com account. As of the morning of 10-17-2011, Landreth has processed 7,645 orders and attended 7 Fall Harvest Festivals, Master Gardeners Conventions, etc. Landreth has sold 11,205 catalogs for $56,025, products totaling $72,876 and has received donations totaling $9,427. The total raised so far is $138,328! . ..." They still need help, though! ”…To retire only the debt now in litigation, NOT THE ENTIRE DEBT, requires approximately $550,000. To print and ship 225,000 catalogs will cost approximately $562,500. The total is $1,112,500. Selling 225,000 catalogs at $5.00 per catalog...

Yes – as posted earlier, you can start cool weather crops in the summer – middle of a heat wave in fact, as long as you can keep the soil moist. By covering the soil with a light mulch and watering enough to keep the soil from crusting, the seedlings have the right environment to sprout. Be sure to move the mulch (but don’t remove it, just push it in between the rows) so the plants don’t get shaded, or stay too moist. Here, we have started broccoli during our 95+ degree weather. The carrots are starting to show up too! Keeping the cooler weather crops cool will be a matter of shading them with some shade cloth or moving a potted plant nearby, such as a comfrey plant or possibly moving the box under one of the patty pan squash canopies for now, moving them out when the weather breaks. Lettuce can be started in the heat of...

Day 55 – What to do with Volunteer Plants

2011/06/25

I’ve had a lot of volunteer potatoes popping up throughout the garden. Some of them quite deep. The best thing to do with volunteer plants (if you know what they are) is to replant them, filling in areas that didn’t sprout. If you find you have too many to care for, you can also give them away. The third thing you can do with volunteers is to create a “patio garden” – placing them into containers and using them to either dress up your porch, create a border up and down your driveway, placing them on bare spots on the lawn, near trees if they like shade, or below and beside the compost pile to take up any leaching nutrients. The rest of the garden “volunteers” consist of weeds, most of which are at the edges of the beds. They are easily turned over, though there have been a few clumps of resilient grass that have begun to grow...

Myth Busted! Slugs Prefer Cukes with a Light Mist

2011/06/16

Myth Busted! Slugs Prefer Cukes with a Light Mist

Tried out the “method” I had described earlier using cucumbers on an aluminum pie plate – where, according to legend “the cucumber on the aluminum reacts and creates a smell that drives away slugs…”. Well, as you can see in the picture, the slugs find the cucumbers to be quite satisfactory, and prefer the light mist and 100% humidity. So here’s one way NOT to drive away slugs. NEXT!

Harvest Produce at the Grocery Store : Discovery News

2010/09/02

Harvest Produce at the Grocery Store : Discovery News

Imagine going to a garden and picking your fresh veggies, only you don’t have to brave the heat/ cold/ sun/ rain/ bugs/ etc. Instead, you go into your friendly neighborhood freshproducehydromart and pick your fresh produce. Locally grown, and harvested 500 feet or less from the shelf, much of it grown on the shelf. Harvest Produce at the Grocery Store : Discovery News.

Free Solar Greenhouse Plans

2010/05/21

Free Solar Greenhouse Plans

Solar Greenhouses greenhouse plans at end of articleCalling a greenhouse solar is somewhat redundant, since all greenhouses are solar heated to some extent. The greenhouse itself traps the heat each day, as anyone who has been inside a greenhouse for just a few minutes on a sunny day knows. Although a traditional greenhouse acts as a natural solar collector on sunny days, it does not retain the suns heat at night. Consequently, 75 to 80 percent of the cost of heating a greenhouse by conventional energy sources is expended at night. via Free Solar Greenhouse Plans.

Indoor Salad Gardens can Chase Away the Winter Blues

2010/01/23

An Indoor Salad Garden can chase away the winter blues, and help you and your kids avoid being stir crazy. Easily done with little materials or room, and you can get a salad a week from very little space. salad garden.

15 Homemade Organic Gardening Sprays and Concoctions That Actually Work : Planet Green

2010/01/23

15 Homemade Organic Gardening Sprays and Concoctions That Actually Work : Planet Green

While “Sluggo” will still be in my arsenal until I can find a better solution, making my own bug killers will greatly reduce the cash outlay as well as keep the added chemicals out of my garden. 15 Homemade Organic Gardening Sprays and Concoctions That Actually Work : Planet Green.

Companion Planting

2009/12/02

Companion Planting

“… Companion planting can play a significant role in assisting with pest control. It’s a methodology that has more to do with observation than science, but it does seem to work. Some combinations work because of scents they use to repel insects, others work because they attract good bugs. …” Companion Planting.

The Norman Transcript – Eggplant on my mind

2009/11/05

Call me crazy, but I am already thinking about what vegetables I want to start growing this coming year. I know I want to branch out and grow some new things, but I’ve also re-evaluated just how much I need to grow. The Norman Transcript – Eggplant on my mind.

Buying Organic Food on a Budget

2009/10/16

Some common sense and a little creativity can go a long way to eating healthier as your garden rests comfortably under the snow. BUYING ORGANIC FOODS ON A BUDGET

Nature’s Answer to Pressure Treated Lumber

2009/10/09

Nature’s Answer to Pressure Treated Lumber

When is a weed not a weed? When it’s Black Locust, and you need a fence that lasts! While black locust don’t usually grow straight, and the grain is often wavy, it’s ability to outlast cedar and it’s abundance makes it a great source for your garden fence. The Hack: look around your lot, see if there are any black locust you can use, and skip the big-box store, shelling out the bucks, and hauling back something that won’t last as long. Plant a few more while you’re at it! Photo Credit: greenopolis.com “>Nature’s Answer to Pressure Treated Lumber | Greenopolis.

7 Herbs That Deter Flies Naturally! : Planet Green

2009/10/04

7 Herbs That Deter Flies Naturally! : Planet Green.

Lawn Furniture – Literally

2009/10/03

Lawn Furniture – Literally

“… Here’s a great spring project to get you ready for those up-coming summer barbeques: grow your own lawn furniture with the Terra Grass Armchair kit. All you need to do is assemble a cardboard frame, fill it with soil, seed it with grass, then stand back and watch it bloom. In just a couple weeks, a green and grassy armchair will appear in your lawn …” –Now all I need is a Barbie with a working ride on lawn mower to keep it trim – Via Inhabitat

city of johannesburg – Growing food in the inner city

2009/10/03

“… Among others, this small garden, a hectare in total(2.5 acres), feeds over 400 inner city children. Of the 11 NGOs it supports, 10 are preprimary schools and one is an orphanage. A visit to one of them, Little Eagles Preprimary, is a joy – the school is filled with beaming faces, with little bodies full of energy running and playing. Their health is partially thanks to Siyakhana Food Gardens handpicked, organically grown vegetables that are delivered once a week. …” via city of johannesburg – Growing food in the inner city.

MetaboliCity – Urban Gardening Social Site

2009/10/02

Good site to peruse whether you’re in a city or in the country. Find out what people are doing, what their latest innovations are for growing food in a limited space. This is a design research project by Loop.pH to explore how designers can intervene sensitively within local urban food growing cultures by providing a design thinking and crafting that may help to sustain these initiatives and catalyse larger positive changes in the surrounding environment. via About – MetaboliCity.

Let’s EAT!

2009/10/01

Let’s EAT!

Summer squash (zucchini, patty pan, and others) won’t make it through to november without a lot of tender loving care, or freezing them. Enjoy them now with some delicious recipes, and freeze the rest, since you probably can’t give away the whole bounty! The hack: freeze all perishable vegetables, or eat them now! Dress up prolific zucchini to a new level of gourmet.

Growing Your Own Stimulus Package – Plant your fall garden NOW

2009/08/31

For us northenrers, we’ll need to find fast growing vegetables and root crops that can overwinter. For those in the more temperate climes, you can plant slower growing veggies and enjoy less heating bills! The Hack: Plant for all four seasons, no matter where you are! “… Did you know that 100 foot row of onions can yield between 30 – 50 pounds, 100 foot row of turnips can yield 50 to 100 pounds, 100 foot row of collards can yield 100 to 150 pounds or a 100 foot row of cabbage can yield 200 to 300 pounds. I sure do love me some collards. …” via RN-T.com – Rome, Georgia news, sports, business, lifestyles, weather, breaking news and more from the Rome News-Tribune..

This Bridge Is Alive – Living Root Bridges – Gizmodo

2009/08/16

This Bridge Is Alive – Living Root Bridges – Gizmodo

Had to post this, it’s just amazing! This Bridge Is Alive – Living Root Bridges – Gizmodo.

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