Posted in Garden on Jun 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
My column this week is about this mildly creepy pest control measure that we tried in the garden: sprinkling human hair.
“A little gross, but it just might have worked”
In the past few days my damaged plants have rebounded even further.
Here’s a Swiss chard plant, looking perky:
And here are some green beans coming back:
We’re filling a second little cup with hair as we speak!
Posted in Landscape on Jun 16th, 2008 No Comments »
The heat wave last week seemed to cut the blossom time short on my rhododendrons (or maybe I just misremember how long they usually stay in bloom).
Fortunately, when one thing fades another bursts to life. It’s rose time, the brief few weeks of pretty blossoms that make up for all the times those obnoxious thorns grab my clothes and skin when I mow around the bushes.
Here’s what we’ve got this year:
Posted in Landscape, Lawn on Jun 13th, 2008 No Comments »
I finally got some photos of my backyard “meadow” (the little area behind the garden that I’ve stopped mowing).
First, the full story can be found here:
“Where the wild things are: a yard corner goes unmowed”
And here it is:
If anybody knows what those tall, skinny plants are in the first photo, I’d love to know!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a comment I’m pulling up so we don’t miss it:
Sheila K said:
I read that fellow’s article as well and am trying to understand what Lucerne Hay is and where I might get some. I found a timothy mix from Agway in Hampton Falls, but don’t know enough about the product to decide if what I was thinking of buying was the right item. It was from Lucern Farms. This will be my first year for … continued »
Posted in Landscape, Garden on Jun 9th, 2008 No Comments »
My husband and his coworker were having a discussion recently about how high a fence needs to be to keep rabbits out of a vegetable garden.
His coworker thought it wouldn’t need to be very high.
My husband’s response was to send him a link to one of the many YouTube videos of a sport called competitive rabbit jumping, which I discovered a few months ago. Here’s just one example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RejsRq0MtBI
Lets just say I’m glad the fence … continued »
Posted in Garden on Jun 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I planted my new raised beds in a hurry last week before we went out of town for the weekend. Fortunately, everything seems to be settling in nicely and enjoying the rain, and the chicken wire seems to be keeping the pests out.
I planted 10 tomato plants (Big Beef, started indoors from seed):
A six-pack of zucchini seedlings:
More hot peppers than we’ll ever be able to … continued »
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