In the middle of winter, we long for our gardens. It seems like the only thing to do is either dream as we look through catalogs and books, plant things too early in the greenhouse, or break shovels in the frozen ground. Instead, we should spend some time each fall planning for what we want […]
Strategies for Deciding How Much Garden You Can Manage
Hardly anyone’s garden is the size they want it to be. Either it is too small and limits options. Or it is too large and overwhelms with maintenance needs. Enthusiastic gardeners tend to keep increasing the size of their garden until, one day, they discover they either need to hire help or adjust their gardening […]
How to Collect Larkspur Seed
Larkspur is an annual flower that blooms in late spring and is going to seed around the middle of July in southwest Idaho. This happens even if it is getting watered regularly, as mine does. The seed pods begin as green tubes that look a lot like miniature pea pods. One pod forms at every […]
My Backyard Weeds – Good versus Bad Grasses
Grasses can be some of the most frustrating weeds around. Even your own lawn can easily become a pernicious weed in flower or vegetable gardens because of roots spreading or not getting adequately trimmed at borders, so that it is left to seed. It helps to learn some about the different kinds of grass, which […]
Thinning and Relocation Transplanting of Cucumber Seedlings
Dealing with uneven sprouting or changes in location preferences may be easier to do than you think. As I show in this video about moving cucumber seedlings, it can be done quickly and with minimal impact on the seedling. I have even moved seedlings that are notoriously picky about root disturbance this […]