Landscaping Ideas for Landscaping a Hill
I know the hassles my aunt went though in finding ideas for landscaping a hill on her cottage property. She struggled with a steep slope that had been part of the construction and was constantly being eroded.
Here are the solutions we came up with for this shady spot.
1) We put logs across the [...]
Tomato Supports
June 23, 2009 by Doug
Filed under Vegetables, Video
Here’s how to make an easy tomato support or an instant garden fence. Lash the poles together and either use string to train your tomatoes up or hang netting over the support for pole beans or morning glories (or any other climber you fancy growing) up the netting.
This easy system takes 5 minutes to [...]
Planting Tomatoes
June 15, 2009 by Doug
Filed under Vegetables, Video
It’s been so cold here that we’ve just planted our tomatoes and aren’t sure what’s going to happen with the yields. Here’s how I do it – nothing fancy but fast and easy.
Remember the cardinal rule and you’ll be fine – only leave 6 inches of stem showing above ground (more or less, it [...]
Things a Garden Writer Shouldn’t Say
It seems to me that there are things that should remain unsaid in the garden writing and garden center world. So – what better thing to do than say them? Here are a few things that might have been thought but never spoken or written. And most certainly not to readers [...]
Garden Networks
One of the big buzzwords on the Internet has, and continues to be, all about your network. We have networks of computers and networks of friends and networks of networks and it all gets so darn complicates sometimes I just have to shake my head and go find a beer.
It’s rather like [...]
Organic Weed Control
In the grand scheme of things, a weed here or there isn’t going to be the end of your garden; or at least it isn’t in mine. But I know these plants are on the minds of people right now as the main rush on weed control material hits the retail stores. I [...]
Two Best Gardening Tools
June 3, 2009 by Doug
Filed under Product Review, Review
I usually use only two garden tools for the vast majority of my summer gardening chores. The simplicity of each makes them long-term winners for me. I just had to replace the Hoe-Mi as I lost my original tool in one of the moves I’ve just made. (leevalley.com) but my hand-pruners have been [...]
