I haven't seen any rabbits hanging around my garden for several weeks now. Where are they? I uncovered the peas, lettuce and spinach, and so far, the rabbits haven't eaten them.Perhaps I have …
Just Give Me Five Minutes and a Good Hoe
Just give me five minutes and a good hoe, and I can clear out one of the raised beds in my vegetable garden and have it ready for planting.Yesterday morning, this bed was full of little weeds.But in …
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Compost Tumbler – Part 3
Today marked 30 days since I filled up the compost tumbler with henbit and other garden refuse.Faithfully I turned the compost tumbler a few turns every day every few days when I was in the garden and …
The Weight of Flowers and Springtime Activities
This giant shrub can barely hold up its branches under the weight of the ginormous flowers that are its lot to bear.Just look at it, this Snowball Bush, Viburnum opulus ‘Sterile’. Look at those lower …
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Today, I Weeded
If you are always waiting for a sunny day so you can get out and work in your garden, then you probably aren't going to have much of a garden.The best days to work in a garden are cloudy days, after a …
How To Water Trees
On a rainy day like today, I'm thinking about watering.I won't have to water anything in my garden for quite awhile after this rain. It is one of those slow, steady, soaking-in kind of rains that …
