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Getting a Leg Up for Next Spring
Except for a few hardy greens left to harvest , we’re done with the gardens for this season. And by “done” I mean we’ve got very little energy left to...
Getting a Leg Up for Next Spring
Except for a few hardy greens left to harvest , we’re done with the gardens for this season. And by “done” I mean we’ve got very little energy left to...

Bringing Indoor Plants Back Inside
I live in an unheated three-season cottage May through October. The last week of September reliably presents one or two nights that dip down to 50F. Like a splash of...
Bringing Indoor Plants Back Inside
I live in an unheated three-season cottage May through October. The last week of September reliably presents one or two nights that dip down to 50F. Like a splash of...

Change of Seasons, Change of Colors
I recently moved my houseplants* from their summer vacation spots on my patio to their homes indoors, trimmed off the tired-looking parts of my flowering combination containers and harvested a...
Change of Seasons, Change of Colors
I recently moved my houseplants* from their summer vacation spots on my patio to their homes indoors, trimmed off the tired-looking parts of my flowering combination containers and harvested a...

Growing a Fall Vegetable Crop
There’s been a fair amount of disappointment that’s cropped up in my vegetable garden this season. I have stunted beets, a Jekyll-and-Hyde situation with some shallots, mysterious nightly holes in...
Growing a Fall Vegetable Crop
There’s been a fair amount of disappointment that’s cropped up in my vegetable garden this season. I have stunted beets, a Jekyll-and-Hyde situation with some shallots, mysterious nightly holes in...

Summer Container Swap-Outs
Round about July I assess all of my containers for the possibilities of what I call “Summer Swap-Outs.” The containers with items such as cascading petunias, summery lobelia and mounding...
Summer Container Swap-Outs
Round about July I assess all of my containers for the possibilities of what I call “Summer Swap-Outs.” The containers with items such as cascading petunias, summery lobelia and mounding...

Coco Coir and Cannabis Production
Hemp for CBDOver the last decade cannabis production has come out of the closet, quite literally. The first person I knew to have grown his own cannabis (or marijuana or...
Coco Coir and Cannabis Production
Hemp for CBDOver the last decade cannabis production has come out of the closet, quite literally. The first person I knew to have grown his own cannabis (or marijuana or...