Despite the worst summer weather locals can recall, the hoop house approaches peak harvest season in mid-August. I wished for the harrvest to begin, and I’m now praying for it to taper off. Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes. I’m seeing them in my sleep! Blight has been an increasing problem for melons, as it was last year. […]
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Image by Clore Family Spotted this beehive on a trail high up in a tree. The brightness and contrast had to be adjusted and an unsharp mask applied. It was too far away to see the details until I pulled up the photo. Question by : How * Close * can a beehive be to […]
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Handle any emergency with Howcast’s First Aid app – howc.st Square foot gardening doesn’t require a lot of space, so it’s a great way to fit a garden into your life. Here’s how you do it.
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Image by ceresgreentech Seedlings, with their roots cleaned of soil, are placed in the vented seedling pots. Photo: BOJUN CHISWELL Question by : what fish are best for aquaponics? Feel free to answer in the comment section below
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www.GreenJoyment.com If you live in an apartment, you can still grow vegetables. Milk jugs, potting soil, and tomatoes combine to make simple summer plants, and you can use something you’re probably throwing away right now milk jugs. This video will show you how to plant tomato and pepper plants in milk jugs for growing plants […]
Continue reading …I put worms in my bed and slept in my bed, put a squirrel in my bed and mustard in my bed..?
December 31, 2011 6 Comments
Image by ReUse photos I’ve drilled a few holes. I like to put a few sticks in the bottom to keep the lowest part of the bed a bit drier. These are just some scrap pieces of oak I had lying around the shop. Don’t use treated lumber, as worms would be poisoned. Photo by […]
Continue reading …Can i just substitute soil for perlite if I’m doing a hydroponics experiment?
December 31, 2011 1 Comment
Image by wayneandwax Question by greysanatomy1994: Can i just substitute soil for perlite if I’m doing a hydroponics experiment? It’s a science experiment, and I don’t want to purchase a system. Researching on hydroponics, they say all this complicated stuff that’s hard to understand if I’m just doing an experiment where I can grow the […]
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Image by Lafayette College Jodie Frey, Assoc Dean and Dir of Recreation Services works at Lafayette’s organic garden near Metzgar Fields on Sullivan Trail in Forks Township. Question by Boppysgirl: Question about rain collection and organic gardening? Do the plastic rain barrels off-gas chemicals into the rain water that would pollute the soil and vegetables? […]
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Image by clattermonger The garden final takes some sort of shape – the compost heap goes to the back wall where it’s going to stay, the concrete slap is broken up and shifted out, the flower beds down the south fence starts to fill with soil, and the earth montain is nicely coming down in […]
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Image by Hanoi Mark These urban gardens are in danger in disappearing in Hanoi due to development. Question by Sharon: Is it safe to water a vegetable garden with menstrual blood? I use cloth pads and soak them in a bucket of cold water when I’m done. Is it safe to use this water on […]
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