Thin with Scissors: Instead of pulling up excess plants (which can disturb the root systems of the plants you want to grow), snip them off with scissors. Never walk on the soil in the bed, as this will only compact the soil. Back in the 1970s, this was a revolutionary idea! Pros o...
Pulling up in front of his house, we were enthusiastically greeted by Winkey, his daughter, who said “Dad has been waiting to meet you” and led us to the row of wood framed greenhouses that had all seen better days.Instructing our two boys to wait outside, fearing this structure ...
I am planning to have my neighbor help me (with his farm tractor) till a section of the lawn so that I can seed it with wild flowers sometime this summer or early fall. Much of the existing lawn has been turned into flower beds, orchard, veggie garden, chicken coop and pen, and ...
My awesome neighbor then spent hours moving it, tractor scoop by tractor scoop, from the front of the property to the back, and into my raised beds. The next day, my husband tilled the new compost in with my existing soil. It was a beautiful sight!!
Person after person has written me to share tales of wrecked gardens. Some people lost beds because of contaminated hay they used in their compost. Others lost beds due to manure. Still others purchased compost or garden soil and had it kill their plants. ...
Some people like to prune off all the long-hanging branches, the weeping branches, because they want to mow under it on a tractor or on a riding mower or something. But I like it when it’s like a whole little world under there. So some of the sargentii, the crabs ...
“Otherwise I can’t get the tractor into the vineyard right away to spray for mildew after a heavy rain.” Evening was quickly descending so I bid farewell to Julien and checked into a remote B&B for the night. I was starved but also cold, wet, and exhausted, and venturing out on ...
sharing that love with those around them. A close knit, deeply religious family, they all worked together, Harve as the breeder, Ruth in marketing, Sonya handling cut flowers, and Gary out on the tractor in the field. None of them were ever too busy to stop and talk flowers with ...
First, to be clear: My yard is 2.3 hilly acres, not something that could be tackled by one person behind a push mower of any kind alone. I do have a diesel Kubota tractor (above) for the bigger areas, which I use every other week or so. ...