Blog grid – Lee Reich

OLDIES BUT GOODIES

February 26, 2025

What’s so great about “heirloom” varieties? And what are they? Are they worth growing? Any downsides? All this, and more, answered in my latest blog post, here:

As in life, so it is in the garden, snowfall bringing its joys and pains. We can’t control it in the garden (unless you shovel your lawn and veggie beds!), but lets explore the good and the bad of snow in the garden, in my latest blog post, here, of course!

WAYS WITH CHOCOLATE

February 12, 2025

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The classic Valentine gift is chocolate. A variation on the classic is a chocolate (cacao) seed or a plant, which I relate how to cultivate; then how to harvest and create the real thing, conventional, old-fashioned, or Mayan. All in my most recent blog post:

TO EACH HIS OR HER OWN

February 5, 2025

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Pollarding is a special and especially easy way to prune a tree. Check out this latest blog post to see if you like the look or the use; not everyone does. Learn here:

RENOVATION: NOT A KITCHEN

January 29, 2025

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Did you inherit a big old apple tree or trees. The truth, now: does it really bear high quality fruit? High quality fruit that you can get to? In my latest blog post, I detail how to return a large, old, neglected apple tree t its former glory. Read about it here:

GOOD GERMS

January 22, 2025

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Germs are not always bad, the word generally signifying that which gives rise to life. I’ve had a few germplasm collections here on the farmden, also not a bad thing if you can take care of it all. In my latest blog post we immerse ourselves in germplasm, mine and others. And no one ends up sneezing of coughing. Read about it here:

HEY BUD

January 15, 2025

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Winter is a good time for looking at buds. Wh-a-a-a-? But wait! Buds can tell you some things about the plants to which they’re attached, and they can have a subtle beauty. If you’re a fruit or flower grower, they can predict the future for the coming months. No more. I delve into buds in my latest blog post:

TINY TREES

January 8, 2025

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For a miniature landscape on your windowsill, try bonsai. It's not that difficult. In this blog post, I describe how to start and maintain a bonsai, with photos and description of some details of the genesis and evolution of my own little weeping fig growing in a miniature field of moss. Read about it here:

CAT NIPPING, NOT SO GOOD

January 2, 2025

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Cats and houseplants can be a bad mix. Or worse. But there are workarounds to a peaceful coexistence. Read about why the cat-houseplant mix is bad, and workarounds, in my latest blog post.