Entries by Lee Reich
End of Summer? Enter the Fall Garden.
Fading Summer Brings in Fall Greens, and Hollyhocks for Cheer There’s a flurry of seed sowing and setting out of transplants going on here. Am I deluded that it’s springtime? No. Autumn is around the corner and there are vegetables to be planted. For many gardeners, summer’s end and the garden’s end are one and the […]
WESTWARD HO, FOR FRUIT MEETINGS AND EATINGS
Fruit Nuts, Including Me, Nurseries, & Wild Blueberries Are there organizations for people who make and eat cheese; build and ride motorcycles; write and read books; grow and savor fruits? All I know is that the answer to the existence of the last-named organization is a rowsing “yes!” I know because I recently returned from […]
GOOD FUNGI AND BAD INSECTS
Fungi I Like and Bean & Japanese Beetles (Don’t Like) Where once scorned or appreciated only after being sautéed in butter, fungi have finally come into their own. If you’re among those who isn’t awed by fungi except when they’re sautéed, swallow this: each gram of soil (the weight of a paper clip) might house […]
WEEDS, BIRDS, & PEST-FREE CURRANTS
I Battle Weeds and Birds, but Currants are Care-free Part of my weedless gardening technique (which I thoroughly fleshed out in my book Weedless Gardening) involves — sad to say, for some people — weeding. After all, no garden can ever be truly weedless. Even people who spray Roundup eventually get weeds as they […]
Eerie White to Golden Flowers, with Some Fungi Helping Out
White Indian pipes, mycorrhizae, and a golden flower I do occasionally tear myself away from the farmden. So into the woods I went last Friday and as I was hiking along and glancing down at the trail, I came upon one of my favorite flowers. It’s a favorite not for its beauty but for what […]
Plagues Come & Go, With Some Help, and Seattle-time
Meet me in St. L . . . Seattle Come hear me lecture on August 10, 2014 on “Luscious Landscaping, with Fruiting Trees, Shrubs, and Vines” at 1 pm in the Garden Room at Magnuson Park. For more information, go to http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/755459. Plague again; keep calm Every year it seems some new plague is ready to […]
Farmden Health Club & Basil
Rei-King, an Ancient Exercise? Among the many benefits of gardening is the opportunity it offers for enjoyable, productive exercise in the great outdoors. And now we can add an exercise called rei-king to boot camp, pilates, zumba, kick boxing, cardiofunk, and other ways modern humans build and maintain sleek, fit bodies. Or so I told […]
Peas Please Me
In some gardening circles, a gardener’s worth is measured by how well he or she grows peas: how soon the first pea gets to the table, the crop’s abundance, and, of course, the flavor. Sad to say, I haven’t been able to grow peas well for about 10 years. Peas require a humus-y, moisture retentive […]
Serendipity Strikes!! & Join Me in Seattle
Join me in Seattle on August 10, 2014 for a talk I’ll be giving on “Luscious Landscaping — With Fruiting Trees, Shrubs, and Vines!”. Luscious landscaping is the way to beautify your yard and, at the same time, to put (very) local, healthful, flavorful food on the table. Following the lecture, we will explore the gardens at Magnuson […]
