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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Sunset Magazine Goes Very Local With One Block Diet
Eat Local Challenge brings us a neat little story about “a meal made completely within one block”:http://www.eatlocalchallenge.com/2008/08/sunset-magazine.html. bq. While the menu sounds like a perfect seasonal feast, the article shines for its wealth of information that can help others get started on their own edible backyard. bq. “Online resources accompanied the article”:http://www.sunset.com/oneblockfeast including; Garden Calendars [...]
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Weeding Techniques
Another Garden Q & A at Kitchen Gardeners International, this time on “Weeding Techniques”:http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/08/weeding_techniques.html. Notice the first sentence of the response. The most effective way to weed is to lay enough mulch down that weeds simply can’t grow in the first place. Compost, leaves, pine straw, newspaper, the choice is yours.
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Keeping basil at its best
Again at KGI, Barbara Damrosch on “Keeping basil at its best”:http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/08/keeping_basil_at_its_best.html.
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A keen eye catches the hornworm
At Kitchen Gardeners International, reprinted from Barbara Damrosch’s column, “A keen eye catches the hornworm”:http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/07/catching_hornworms.html. Your tomatoes are probably done for this year, so file for next summer. I handpick caterpillars into a bowl of soapy water. Or, like one attendee at Bill Finch’s gardening seminar, you can take a pair of scissors with you [...]
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Making Compost Tea
Kitchen Gardeners International has a nice Garden Q & A on “Making Compost Tea”:http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/06/make_compost_tea.html (and also manure tea). Compost tea is essentially a liquid fertilizer, a way to give a quick shot of nutrients to your plants. While they mention using a burlap bag, I use a large mesh onion bag or something similar.
Report on Fall Vegetable Gardening
I attended this morning’s seminar on Fall Vegetable Gardening by Bill Finch, which included a look at his own vegetable garden. He emphasized that winter is really a wonderful time to garden here, though you don’t hear much about it. I heartily agree. Even though I’ve only lived here two years, I learned pretty quickly [...]
NatureBLAST! Family Fun Day at Mobile Botanical Gardens
WHAT: NatureBLAST! Family Fun Day at Mobile Botanical Gardens WHEN: Saturday, August 23 from 9am – 12pm WHERE: Mobile Botanical Gardens COST: $10 per family in advance; $15 per family at the gate. Reservations requested. CONTACT: Mobile Botanical Gardens, P. O. Box 8382, Mobile, AL 36689, (251) 342-0555 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: You can “download an event [...]
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Living Jewels
At least two of our caterpillars did not stray far when it came time to pupate. I found them in a nearby clump of ornamental grass. One (above) was green flecked with brown. You can see the strand of silk attaching the chrysalis to the leaf. The other (below) was green accented with yellow. Unfortunately [...]
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The Earth Knows My Name
Kitchen Gardens International made “The Earth Knows My Name”:http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Knows-My-Name-Sustainability/dp/0807085715?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212406173&sr=8-1&tag=kitchen-gardeners-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 by Patricia Klindienst one of its books of the month. In it she writes about “urban, suburban, and rural gardens created by people rarely presented in American gardening books: Native Americans, African Americans, immigrants from across Asia and Europe, and ethnic peoples who were here long [...]
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