MEADOW BEGINNINGS
Ah, to look out on a meadow. You can have this vision — but you need to plan and prep before planting, a topic I cover in my latest blog post:
Entries by Lee Reich
ANTI-SOCIAL WEEDS
Some of my worst weeds keep mostly to themselves, which — I guess — is good. But, being worst weeds, they do need to be reined in. Do your weeds socialize? Which are worst? Mine, and how I rein them in, are . . . well, it’s all in my latest blog post:
PLAN(T) AHEAD
Plan(t) now and you can greatly increase the effective size of your garden — without increasing your garden’s actual size. In my latest blog post, I recount 3 commitments I make for a fall garden and then go on to describe what to sow, and when, for that whole other garden — in the same space as my present garden. Read about it here:
AND THE BEST PASTE TOMATO IS . . .
For the richest, most flavorful sauce, just any old plum tomato won’t do. A few years back I decided to try the best of them (according to various sources) for side by side comparison. You can read about the good, the bad, and the ugly — well, not the ugly — in my latest blog post:
PLANTS FOR TEENS
The teen years are turbullent years. And what’s a parent to do? Here are a couple of plants that should ease things along. But how? You’ll have to read the whole post.
EASY RICHES
Is bigger better when it comes to vegetables? Is smaller better? Those tasty baby carrots, for example. What the story on baby or small vegetables, besides their cuteness. Check it out in my latest blog post.
FLOWER FOR A DAY, JUST ONE
Dayflower elicits both pity and some fear. Why? Read my latest blog post. What about its more accepted and not at all to be pitied kin? Read my latest blog post.
POPEYE’S NEEDS
Do you miss spinach in summer? I don’t. Learn how you can grow “spinach” all summer long by reading my latest blog post.
FINDING MY ROOTS
It’s cuttings season! Actually one of many, but half-woody this time of year here on the farmden. This week’s blog post discusses hormones and their use as well as — and more important — good practices for multiplying plants with stem cuttings.
GARDEN AROMATICS
The garden and landscape are olfactory delights, have been since early spring, are now, and will continue going forward. In my latest blog post, I write about some of these scents, including what’s currently perfuming the air. Also, my favorite of all, a plant found found growing 200 years ago in a garden in Persia — and, for the last 30 years in my garden.
