I wanted to follow up on my earlier diary, in which I proposed to plant potatoes in a container, per monkeyfister’s instructions on the subject, and possibly take up composting as inspired by biscuit. As pretty much a complete novice in the world of not-strictly-ornamental gardening, I find I’ve developed some questions that I hope more experienced folks here can answer.
Back in January when inspiration from a little feng shui book by Karen Kingston prompted me to clear out my house a bit, I had an idea that there might be some outcomes beyond household tidiness. What I absolutely didn’t foresee was that one of them would be me growing my own potatoes.
Continue reading about One thing leads to another, which leads to potatoes
So, I was on my home from work, heading up Highway 51, Thursday night, and came up on a truck with its bed FULL of bags of leaf and pine and grass waste. I pulled up alongside the truck, and shouted to the driver, “Are you taking those leaves to the dump?” He nodded, “Yes.” [...]
Continue reading about More On Composting– A Lucky Score On The Way Home…
I know, I know. Common sense knowledge tells us that composting is an extremely complicated scientific process requiring years of study and precise measurement of carefully segregated organic materials, and failure to acknowledge the necessary expertise or adhere to proper procedure risks not only death and destruction in your own gardens, but possibly chaos, catastrophe [...]
My online friend Ke Xu, from the LATOC Forum has motivated me to try planting Potatoes In Large Containers. I am going to plant up some Pontiac Red Potatoes, and see how they do. I like New Potatoes, and Pontiac Reds are pretty good Early-Season keepers. First off, I ordered the seed potatoes from The [...]
Last week, I compiled a brief list of some things every gardener should keep around. This week, I’m going to talk about a less common remedy: a concoction for the garden itself.
Continue reading about The Gardener’s Medicine Cabinet, Part II
A cathedral bell growing in one of my blueberry plots. Never forget: just because it’s a vegetable garden doesn’t mean you can’t plant some flowers in there. In fact, I have flowers in all my vegetable gardens.
Well, HOWDY!!! I’m Monkeyfister, and this is my first post here. (Hi Monkeyfister) If you are not familiar with me, I can be a bit acerbic, but, oh, so friendly, once you get past my style of writing, and language (I am an old Sailor and Stagehand– my language is a bit salty), and get [...]
Continue reading about Neighborhood Covenants Are Over– If You Want It…
Need a list of edible wild plants? How to grow a garden in a really shady spot like a forest? What about other uses for plants, like soap, or dyeing, or living mulches and soil conditioners? All this and more can be found at Plants For a Future. Look for it in a blogroll near [...]
Why save seeds from your garden when it’s so much easier to run down to the local hardware store and grab a few packets? Well, it’s easy, for one. And you can save seeds from the specific plants that have done best in your garden, thereby creating a personalized seed collection for plants that not [...]