As an organic gardener, I'm always looking for ways to minimize the impact of pests in my garden without upsetting the balance of my backyard ecosystem. I'm trying a very low tech method to deter cabbage moths this year - decoys!
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Organic Pest Control:Cabbage Moth Decoys
As an organic gardener, I'm always looking for ways to minimize the impact of pests in my garden without upsetting the balance of my backyard ecosystem. I'm trying a very low tech method to deter cabbage moths this year - decoys!
Monday, May 25, 2015
Frugal and Sustainable Gardening: growing sweet potato slips
I'm trying to keep my gardening expenses under control this year and one of my goals in this area is saving seeds and propagating new plants from old plants. Seeds and plants can be a major line item in a gardening budget, but with a little knowledge you can coax a garden into being quite self-sufficient! Sweet potato slips are one example of how I intend to save some cash.
Friday, May 22, 2015
Making Garden Teepees
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Foraging at Home: Eating Daylillies
My personal experience with foraging for edibles is it can be very hit or miss. Just because a particular plant is edible, doesn't mean it is tasty! Many of the edible wild greens you can find in the woods or road side are too bitter for my palate. After the apocalypse and food is scarce, I'll be glad to have my list of wild greens but until then I'll stick with foraging for the tasty treats. One such treat might take no foraging at all. In fact you may have it in your garden already, masquerading as an ornamental.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Edible Landscaping: Berries in Bloom
Monday, May 11, 2015
Pruning Black Lace Elderberry Bushes
As I entered year two of this garden, I knew I had to prune these year old bushes which had grown to about six feet tall but in a spider-like fashion with long unruly branches. Pruning is always a little intimidating but the rewards can be worth the angst.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Bolting Rhubarb Deja Vu
Monday, May 4, 2015
New "For the Love of Gardening" Podcasts
WADK 1540 AM out of Newport, RI has released more "For the Love of Gardening" podcasts, the URI Master Gardener gardening show for which I am one of the hosts. Below are links to two new shows:
Home Composting
Part 1
Part 2
Crop Rotation in a Home Vegetable Garden
Part 1
Part 2
To hear all my shows, click here. To hear the entire show collection released so far, click here.
Enjoy!
Sue
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