So I bought most of my seeds yesterday. I’ll still need a few vegetables for my vegetable garden, but I’ve gotten pretty much all my flowers for this year. Alas, it is still to early to sow anything. It is even to early to start some of the flowers in flats! […]
William, at Artist Hideout, told me about this video he found over at Make . Every gardener should watch it, whether you are just beginning, or you consider yourself a garden expert. I must warn you though. It is four hours long. Fortunately it is broken down into 8 segments. I watched the whole thing, […]
I seem to be on an environmental kick lately. I suppose that is what happens when you read too many nature magazines! I read a very interesting article in the Smithsonian about illegal logging in the Amazon Rainforest. 8,800 acres a day are cut down in the Amazon. I was especially shocked […]
I just read an article in Smithsonian magazine that the world’s largest flower has recently, finally been classified into a family name. Here’s an excerpt:
The world’s largest flower, indigenous to Indonesia, has finally found a home on the tree of life. Reeking of rotting flesh, Rofflesia arnoldii has no leaves, stems or roots- […]
Recently Al Gore worked on a movie project, An Inconvenient Truth. I highly recommend you watch this video, just for information sake, though I’m a little frustrated by politics getting involved. Some say that the democratic party does more to save the environment, while other bash the republicans. The truth of the […]
This is Ferdinand. He is a five year old weeping fig tree. I had planned for this post to be about how to do a re-pot of a ficus, but alas, poor Ferdinand is in no condition to be a suitable subject. I started to do the document the endeavor, only to […]
If your a parent, I’m sure you’ve gone through this. Your child wants a pet, but you have your doubts. You might be hoping it will teach them responsibility but are worried they will forget to feed it. Or maybe you really want to get them a pet, but they are too […]
We still have some ice patches here and there. Mostly places that don’t get a lot of sun, like this shrub. This particular shrub actually tripled its size with the ice formation! So what is a gardener to do during this cold season? Why go feed the Geese of course! […]
I have a habit of feeding animals around our house, especially during winter. Mostly I feed stray cats, but lately I’ve taken to feeding birds after discovering that the birds were eating the cat food I was leaving out! I was leaving the house one morning and discovered curious little tracks leading to the bowl […]
I’ve been looking into some different kind of fruit trees lately, and decided to tackle a very common question. “Why isn’t my fruit tree bearing fruit?” If you are one of the many finding yourself asking this question, then you might be slightly relieved to know that there are only three main causes […]
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