Before we filled the boxes with soil, we lined them internally with plastic liner, and we also placed cardboard at the bottom. The plastic liner helps to protect from weathering and damage. The cardboard helps to prevent weeds and grass below the boxes, and it also acts as a compost food...
Regular blog readers will remember that we moved to my childhood home a few years ago. With an acre or so of landscape I finally have enough room to put in a vegetable garden. My husband built a wonderful raised bed system, complete with critter fencing, and we’ve been enjoying the fre...
particularly when it’s hot and sunny (as this south-facing garden is). Even with the gentlest root washing there will be a loss of fine roots. But the continuity of the soil system means that the soil around the roots will be just as moist as the rest of the bed. Roots left in s...
My deck has room for two seating areas – one is a cozy place for afternoon drinks. It overlooks my newest flower garden bed and also mytest gardenand we spend a lot of time sitting there. The other area has a large table and umbrella set up for home barbecues and guests. Even with ...
Below: “Hop plants grow very nicely in these planters if you’re a home brewer. They need fertilizer (bone meal) even with rich compost. I had to use a saw to cut through the mat of roots that was a good six inches thick.” ...
Around the same time as the space ships landed, I also noticed these miniature cupcake liners. Or at least, that's what they looked like, nestled in a different area mulched with the same material. They were eagerly collecting seeds that were falling down from plants above. They never turn...