If you’re purchasing compost or manure
If you’re purchasing your compost or manures (or even top soil) do be aware that herbicide residues do exist and can create conditions that restrict the growth of plants. For example, aminopyralid is registered for a wide variety of crops and has created enough problems in the UK to have its registration pulled (technically Dow [...]
In the scheme of things
In the scheme of things, mice have more of a role to play in world-wide ecological balancing than an elephant. And bacteria more than a mouse. I’ll let you put everything else into this chain and figure out which is more important in your garden. I’ll simply ask if you are putting your garden energy [...]
Coloured Mulch
My take on coloured mulch is simple. Don’t. If you can see the mulch on a mature garden, the garden design is a failure.
Compost Drum Winner
We have our first winner. The compost drum went (in a random number drawing) to Lynn Ann for her poem submitted on 2010/06/16 at 11:08am – see below. I’ve contacted her directly for shipping addresses etc. I’ll be contacting other winners of books as well in the next few days as i work my way [...]
Boating and Gardening
There is a major philosophical difference between power boating and sailing; in power boating, you crank up the motor, head to a spot, toss out the anchor and relax. It is a direct route with the objective to get “there”. Sailors on the other hand, also head “there” but they must take into account the [...]
Garden Weeds
Reader says, “I need something to kill weeds in my garden” Doug says, “What’s a weed?” Pull out the plants you don’t want there. I pull everything from dandelions to ugly-flowering perennials that don’t make the grade. My weed might be your flower.
Gardening Not Only Feels Good
Do you ever wonder why you garden or why it feels so good to garden? There’s increasing amounts of research that proves that gardening is both physically and psychologically good for you. For example, I’m not a great fan of useless aerobic exercise for exercise’ sake and that is putting it mildly. Simply understand that [...]
