Guess what? Now that I am shredding all the plant debris from my fall clean up, I don’t think I will even fill my three compost bins. And, I am worried I will become one of “those people” who take …
Black Gold
If someone invited me to their garden and asked me to give them some advice, I would first look for their compost bins. And, if I didn’t find any compost bins, I would immediately set about helping …
New, Liberating Fun in the Garden
I had some new fun in the garden yesterday. New, liberating fun. Scary kind of fun.I used my new chipper shredder for the first time. Yes, that’s right, I have a new chipper shredder, the McCullough …
Garden Clean Up – I Need a New Toy, I Mean Tool
I started some garden clean up this morning. This is a before picture. Over the last few weeks, as summer wound down, I have not been as active in the garden, so some of the weeds took advantage of …
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Old Hoes and Hoeing
Hoeingby John UpdikeI sometimes fear the younger generationwill be deprivedof the pleasures of hoeing;there is no knowinghow many souls have been formed by thissimple exercise.The dry earth like a …
Gardening Tool Week: Lugging and Trugging
Once you get into gardening, you find there is suddenly a lot to lug around the garden, or haul home from the garden center/nursery/mulch store. And for whatever load you have to carry, there is, of …
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