Mother Earth's Garden

The Mantis is my favorite little garden tiller. It’s not so large that I can’t maneuver it in the garden, like some other tillers.
The Mantis Tiller/Cultivator has an exclusive patented reversible “serpentine” tines to dig deep even in the hardest soil (and I have high clay hard soil in parts of my Ohio garden).
It’s the little tiller that could, easy to start, and easy to use.
The Mantis tiller helps you till even the tightest spaces between plants, which works great for me. I tend to plant everything close together, then about half way through the summer everything’s …read more

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This year bloggers from around b5media’s Lifestyles, Health and Wellness channels are giving readers a special surprise. We’ve created a virtual mall to help ease the anxiety of shopping for those on your Christmas list who may be a little more difficult to buy for. Stop by Kettle and Cup and select your favorite hot beverage, kick back and browse this years Holiday Gift Guide Shopping Extravaganza. We have the perfect gift for everyone on your list, no matter what their interests.

We’ll kick things off right here at home. It’s never too early to start buying gifts for your favorite …read more

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Have a Happy Thanksgiving from Mother Earth’s Garden
Image (c) L Gerlach
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Here is a gift idea for the gadget loving gardener on your gift list this year. The Easy Bloom has an in ground sensor that can analyze the growing conditions in your garden, yard, or even indoors.
The Easy Bloom Plant Sensor uses the same technology that was used on NASA’s Mars Phoenix mission to measure the soil. It even kinda looks like a mini-spaceship with flower petals.
It’s easy to use, just let the Easy Bloom gather data for at least 24 hours, then plug it into your computer USB port and check out its readings and recommendations.
Its …read more

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Is it too early to start planning my 2009 garden? I received my first 2009 seed catalog in the mail on Saturday. Before Thanksgiving? I haven’t had a chance to take a look at it yet, I may not get much quiet time until after Christmas.
I’m usually ready to start planning next years garden the day after Christmas, sometimes it’s the day after New Years. Whenever everything starts to settle back to normal after the holidays.
If you have a gardener on your gift list who likes to plan ahead check out this Herb Garden 2009 Planner from …read more

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Most of this weekends food links are Thanksgiving related. I hope you enjoy.
Busy Family Meals asks, do you know what to do to prepare for Thanksgiving?
This may just be the cutest way ever to serve your holiday desserts!
Happy Holidays with High Density Foods for Healthy Eating and Weight Control Here are some tips from Jean to help you enjoy all the holiday feasting with NO REGRETS come January.
What Do You Do With The Left Over Turkey? Add some salsa and spice it up with these tips and recipes.
Layered Chocolate Cheesecake Bars- A decadent, rich, creamy …read more

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Holidays are the perfect time to bake homemade goodies for loved ones, and to make from the heart Christmas gifts. Canning jars are also great to package up dry mixes to give as a hostess gift, or to friends and relatives. I always try to have a few mixes made up for those last minute gifts I’ve forgotten about.
Here’s a recipe originally from Ball Canning’s Fresh Preserve website:
Pumpkin Pie Bars

You’ll need one or more (depending on how many gifts you want to make) Ball wide mouth canning jars with lids.
A small decorative or handmade card to write or …read more

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I brought in one of my Rosemary plants the morning we had our first snow. I have never had much luck keeping a rosemary plant alive indoors through the winter, but I’m going to give this one a try.
Right now I have it in our laundry room, which doesn’t have any direct heat vents, and stays between 55-60` F through the winter. I’ve repotted it, since it was in a large planter outside with several other plants. It’s in a sunny north window. I was thinking about taking it upstairs, where it’s even cooler, and no direct heat, …read more

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The LEHR Company will be introducing the Eco Series line, a environmentally-friendly technology. This winter they will debut the world’s first-ever commercial line of portable, propane-powered lawn and garden tools.
From the company:

The LEHR Eco Trimmer will be the first product on the market from the complete Eco Series line. The Trimmer has all the power and performance of a competitively priced gasoline trimmer — minus the danger to our families and detrimental environmental effects of gasoline use and storage.

A couple facts about the new LEHR Eco Trimmer:

The LEHR trimmer has Zero evaporative emissions.
No ozone depleting hydrocarbons.
No messy mixing of …read more

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Today we got the first measurable snow of the season on my Ohio garden. It was a beautiful snow, big white fluffy flakes that came down hard for a little while. I had to snap a few pics to share with you.
The trees and yard are all sparkly and snow covered. I don’t think it will last long, are temps are hovering just above freezing right now.

The last few surviving plants in the garden weren’t enjoying their snow cover.

I think it’s a good weekend to curl up in front of the window …read more

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