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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gale borger’
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 [...]
28 Feb
Buzz Kills: Japanese Beetles
What bugs you in your garden? In mine, Enemy Number One is the Japanese Beetle. This little bugger is the most obnoxious and devastating critter ever to enter your flower garden. Up here in Zones 5 and 4, mid June to late July are prime time for these destructive bugs to feed and breed to assure year’s [...]
7 Feb
Reading with the Fishes
As a fish enthusiast it seemed a natural thing that one of my books include fish as the main premise. I am pleased to present the cover of book two in the Miller Sisters Mystery series. TOTALLY FISHY will hit the shelves very soon and I wanted to make certain you knew what the cover [...]
