Blog grid – Lee Reich

APICAL DOMINANCE — WHAT FUN!

December 13, 2023

Apical dominance! A most useful technique that brings into play pinching, cutting, and bending. Is this about gardening, though? Read the about apical dominance and it’s many applications in my latest blog post.

A FLOWER (PERHAPS EDIBLE) NOW AT ITS BEST

December 6, 2023

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Cool, even cold, fall weather brings out the reds, pinks, and whites in flowering kale, perhaps even the flavor. Kale flowers? Best now? Check out the ins and the outs of this plant in my latest blog post, here.

GREAT GIFT IDEAS: BOOKS (NOT ALL JUST) FOR GARDENERS

November 29, 2023

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A book is a way to cram lifetimes of gardening experiences in a diversity of environments into a few hours. And some gardening books also make for good reading and/or inspiring visuals. In my latest blog post I make some recommendations for some gardening books. They're also nice for gifts. Read the post here.

WHAT’S UP WITH THE LEAVES?

November 22, 2023

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You’ve raked up this season’s autumn leaves. I hope you didn’t treat them like garbage because they can bring all sorts of goodness to your soil. So much so that I gather up those bags that others put out for pickup — that is, unless the leaf goblin gets there before me. Read about autumn leaves and the goblin in my latest blog post.

NOT YET OUT OF THE PUMPKIN PATCH

November 15, 2023

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Saving pumpkin seeds is one way to plan now for next year's Halloween. But what is a "pumpkin" really? And what are the chances and challenges for a good or great pumpkin from this year's seeds. Learn the answer to these questions -- and more -- by reading this weeks blog post.

A SEMINAL NON-EVENT IN THIS YEAR’S GARDEN

November 9, 2023

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Mercury plummeting out in the garden. No problem. I was prepared on all fronts. (At least I think so.) Read about those fronts in my latest blog post, here.

PRUNER SHEARS POISED AND READY

November 1, 2023

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To prune or not to prune (this time of year): that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler to neaten up the garden or to suffer tangles of stems. With apologies to Bill Shakespeare, it depends on lots of things whether or not now is a good time to go out to the garden wielding pruning shears. I go over the why’s and the why not’s of pruning in fall in my latest blog post.

BIOCHAR

October 25, 2023

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Biochar is a relic of ancient agriculture now used with a modern perspective. Applied to soils it confers myriad benefits. But does biochar make the best use of the plant feedstuffs?

A VERY GOOD GARDEN NOW

October 18, 2023

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My worst garden ever is now looking pretty good. For a number of reasons. Which I enumerate in my latest blog post. I can’t do anything about the weather but now I can pay attention to some things to make the best of even a poor growing season.