Happy Spring from Buzz Miller! I was so excited the snow melted until I saw what was underneath. Dead yuck, flowers stalks, hosta leaves, weeds, anything I didn’t clean up last Fall-which was pretty much everything-lay where I left it. Okay, so I made another mistake. I thought if I left the stuff lay in my flower [...]
Posts Tagged ‘black thumb gardener’
24 Mar
Gardening in Miniature
You know, this is crazy. I flip, flop, stumble, and fall down, and can’t bell a pepper or cherry a tomato to save myself! Then I see these kids growing pumpkin coaches and tomatoes the size of softballs. Kids are kicking my butt with crops and flowers and I am still sitting on the compost pile [...]
11 Mar
The Scoop on Poop
Hi everyone Buzz Miller, the Black Thumb Gardener here with my Friday Night Scoop on Poop! It isn’t often that I endorse a particular product, but for Father Dom, I make an exception. Since Father Dom first started in the compost business, people have flocked (pun intended) to Kenosha to buy his Duck Doo. When I [...]
9 Mar
Compost: Because A Rind is a Terrible Thing to Waste
In a time when land fills are filling up, people are returning to gardening, and new housing includes only a couple inches of a dirt-like substance to grow things in, composting is more important than ever. Give me your carrots, your egg shells, your coffee ground. Give me your potato peels, your lettuce, and your [...]
8 Mar
Petal Pushers
Boy did I have a blonde moment! I may be too late for Buzz Kills Monday, but I made it under the wire for Petal Pushers Tuesday. I was busy being early on starting my dahlia bulbs. I am sooo excited! This is one of the beauties from my garden last year. I clean, dry, divide, and store my dahlias in [...]
3 Mar
Toolin’ Around
Can’t wait to get into the garden? Do you have everything ready? Wheelbarrow, spade, pruners, shears, scissors, whatever tools you use to prep and work in your garden? Great! Now I have another question: How clean are your garden tools? Did you clean them up before putting them away last Fall? You keep your forks and [...]
2 Mar
The Dirt on Dirt
A gardener asked me the other day about soils-more to the point about what I thought about amending their soil using mushroom compost. Compost in general is an important element in developing strong soil structure. There are many types of compost you can buy or make yourself. Today I want to introduce the joys of using mushroom compost [...]
