Gardening
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Hail Damage on Crops and Plants
A few weeks ago we had a pretty bad storm that included some hail. I believe most people usually embellish the size of the hail they experience, I won’t do that, so let me honestly say we were dealing with blueberry sized hail. It didn’t fall for very long, but long enough to cause some […]
Gardening, Cooking, and Making Your Family Healthier
I am really into nutrition, sometimes that zeal will permeate this blog, this post is one of those times. I’ve talked significantly in the past about growing your own food, growing healthy foods, and whatnot, and I’m not going to merely be rehashing that here, you can look in the related posts in the bottom. […]
The Right Type of Ivy to Plant Near a Wall
There is one mistake you really, and I mean really, don’t want to make in your landscape. You absolutely do not want to plant the wrong type of ivy for the wrong reason. Very bad things can happen. First a word on vines… Vines climb through a variety of methods, and it is important for […]
Planting Sweet Potatoes
I planted my sweet potatoes the other day, and I’ve got to hand it to Burpee (where I ordered them), they said they’d arrive on the 25th, and they arrived on the 25th. Sweet Potato Slips in a JarWee Little Slips Planted in a MoundSweet Potato Slips in Containers If you’ve never grown sweet potatoes, […]
Taxodium distichum ‘Gee Whiz’, Dwarf Bald Cypress
The third and final tree I bought on my weekend trip to Gee Farms was this very cute little dwarf bald cypress called ‘Gee Whiz’. It is also called a witch’s broom, as that is the type of mutation it has. I have a thing, lately, for dwarf conifers. I have a thing for Japanese […]
Dawn Redwood: Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’
In addition to the cedar I bought yesterday, I also bought a seqouia, a redwood, for here in Michigan. Crazy you say? Well, apparently, notsomuch. What gardener doesn’t dream about having a massive redwood in their yard, and if we could live for a thousand years we might be able to get one, but instead […]
Himalayan Cedar: Cedrus deodara ‘Karl Fuchs’
My recent post about what a real cedar is was not a coincidence, I have been looking at buying one, and today I did. I have wanted a cedar for years, even since I saw Paul James’ on his show. Paul has a weeping Blue Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica, and it is absolutely gorgeous… and […]
Now you Cedar, Now you Don’t
I have a peeve, and thy name is Cedar. Or is it? People are confused, I was confused, confusion abounds, what is a cedar? What isn’t? I’ve even seen articles, writing by some sweatshop overseas writing shops I’m sure, that are completely mishmashed confusing true cedars with fake ones. That is the quality you get […]
Your Garden, The Most Local Food of All
I’m sure I’m not the only one who has been exposed to the new green trend of “eating local.” The idea behind the movement is that food that is transported less has less of a “carbon footprint” and it is also good to support your local community. That is all well and good, but as […]
Split Trunk Repair Update
Last Fall my favorite tree, a forest pansy redbud, was damaged in a wind storm and ended up with a split trunk. In that linked to blog post I detailed my methods for fixing the damage. The tree made it through the winter and both halves are still alive, but growing at different rates. Below […]