♫ Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory♫ And thus, it is time for planting those native plants you’ve been dying to add to your collection and that cool season garden again. I’m amazed at
Year: 2011
In a pinch
If I told you that I found an earwig at between 5 and 6 inches would you be horrified? Well, here’s the proof… Okay – not quite what you were thinking, but this boyo is still plenty big for
Nothing to be sniffed at
Sometimes cute things come in small packages, but in the case of our Master Gardener Advanced Training last week, the biggest cutie was working with the packages! Hawkeye is a rescue dog that has been trained to sniff out vegetable
Potty mouthed gardeners
We gardeners just love, love, love manure. Man, we just can’t get enough of it! Horse manure, steer manure, chicken manure, bat guano – we love it all. It is quite apparent that the soil in my raised beds is
It’s all about the cut-backs
Every time I look at my native plant garden, something about it thrills me. It’s provided blossom all year long. At this time of year plants struggle to survive. Heat is at its all time high and water at its
Gardening and the Apocalypse
We used to watch so many cops series like CSI and Criminal Minds that it seemed a waste of time to turn on the telly unless someone died in the first five minutes. Now we’ve upped the stakes and have
All squashed up
Over the years my experience as a volunteer – whether it be a girl-guide leader or a weed picker – has taught me that volunteers are happy in their work in even the harshest conditions, probably because they choose to
Something a little corny.
Baby sweetcorn is vegetable I’ve had a hard time finding here. Typically used in Asian cuisine, especially stir-fries, it brings a delicate taste and interesting texture to a dish. While I lived in Ireland it was on my weekly shopping
The sad tale of the Black Widow and her babies
Having waxed lyrical last week about all the beneficial insects my organic garden is attracting, it is with great irony that my post this week is all about finding a Black Widow spider in my shed. Not just in some
97% of insects do not harm the garden
Next time you find a creepy-crawly in your garden that you’ve never seen before, think twice before reaching for the bug spray – in fact, try to never reach for bug spray at all. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) only uses