Farewell “Wheel” 1988-2008
It is with great sadness today that I announce the untimely passing of Wheel. Wheel and I knew each other when he was just a toddler’s tricycle and I’m proud to say that I knew him and recognized his potential even then. He developed his lovely red shade, added a bunch of horsepower and gears [...]
How to Sucker Tomatoes
July 30, 2008 by Doug
Filed under Vegetables, Video
Here’s a short clip on how to take the suckers off tomatoes. It’s not too late to go out and do this on any staked tomato (in fact you should). Leave the tomatoes you have growing on the ground or in cages alone. As an added thought – you grow staked tomatoes if you’re trying [...]
Spreading Compost Tea
Here’s a video on spreading compost tea. I outline the need for filters and show you the 4 main systems a home gardener has for spreading compost tea around in the garden.
Tomato Pruning
July 28, 2008 by Doug
Filed under Vegetables, Video
Yeah, I know you think you don’t need info on tomato pruning at this time of year but if you’re like me, sometimes you let things get out of hand. Here’s the remedy – serious pruning. Would I string you along? (You gotta watch the video to “get” that)
How to Make Compost Tea
Here’s a video on how to make compost tea – not something you’d want to invite the Queen to … But you could invite her to the garden afterwards. Note that this video is part of a series of videos I’m producing for my seminar series and it’s only the first one in the series [...]
Native Plants or Not
There’s a lot of talk again about the use of native plants in the home landscape. This has been a minor type of conversation in the nursery trade for as long as I’ve been in it. Seems with all the emphasis on “green” these days and the new eco-chique folks coming on board, we’re going [...]
My Favorite Perennial
July 25, 2008 by Doug
Filed under Perennials, Plants
While I normally say that whatever plant is in bloom at any given time is my favorite, I recently went out and counted the number of different varieties I have in my garden of the backbone plants. You know, the plants that form the bulk of flowering throughout the season. I have several species for [...]
