In which we get the message
I knew that something like this would happen. I may not be a gardener (yet), but I know what things I can easily buy when,…
Category: Gardening
In which I learn that dirt isn’t cheap
In response to this post on Wednesday, a couple of folks urged me to go ahead and start a garden, even if it’s late in…
Back to the gardening theme
At least for a moment. If we should happen to get that mini-Ice Age some are calling for, this document from the Alaskan Energy Authority…
How does your (raised bed) garden grow?
Yes, time to get back to this spring time subject. It was a little hard to think about when I suddenly had to deal with…
So how much does this gardening stuff cost?
At this point, you’ve seen a lot of information on gardening, and you’re probably thinking something along the lines of “Dude, I can go to…
You can grow in the shade
When we were last Speaking of Raised Beds, commenter Harry Flashman noted that he was having problems with his mountaintop location where he got around…
Speaking of raised beds
I’ve been posting a lot on raised beds, but we haven’t actually talked about building the raised bed itself. It can be as easy as…
Raised bed hoop houses
You can extend your growing season dramatically with a hoop house, and you can use miniature ones with raised beds. Here’s a quick video on…
Fertilizing those raised beds
One thing that raised beds require is a continual renewal of the soil in order to maintain its fertility. You can pull the old soil…
Back to it
I’ve been a little lazy doing 5 Minute Prep posts, so you’re going to get a twofer today. Here are two videos on a subject…