Blog grid – Lee Reich

A ROCKET FOR YOUR GARDEN

May 29, 2025

There's a rocket in my garden, and beyond. Dame's rocket. It's pretty. It's fragrant. And now unlawful. Read more about appreciating and growing it in my latest blog post:

I made my property larger by borrowing a landscape. I write about shakkei, as borrowed landscape, is called: What it is; What it does; How to create it. It’s easy and takes little effort. Check it out, in my latest blog post:

MORE PRUNING?

May 14, 2025

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Here on the farmden, the main spring flowering show is past. With various pruners in hand, I plan for an showy encore, next year. Join me in pruning various shrubs, the why and the how much, in this latest blog post:

MY BRIEF AFFAIR

May 6, 2025

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Like most brief affairs, this one ended without rancor. A friend had introduced me to garlic mustard, our meeting coming at a time when I could look fondly upon any wild edible plant. What went wrong, oh so wrong? I bare my feelings about all this in my latest blog post.

ORGANIC FOODS FOR YOUR PLANTS

April 30, 2025

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I feed my soil and plants organically. Organic feeding is functionally different from feeding synthetic (chemical) fertilizers, and the differences must be taken into account when using them. I cover timing and ways of using organic fertilizers in my latest blog post:

FIG UPRISING

April 23, 2025

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In my latest blog post I write about my success with overwintering figs outdoors here in cold hardiness zone 5. This method will work in even colder climates. Last winter, temperatures got down to -18° F here on the farmden. Here’s the link/address to the post:

Pruning young pear tree, showing where I prune

NATURE’S DESSERT

April 17, 2025

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Do I hear my fruit trees asking something of me? Yes, pruning. I describe how to deal with these pruning-needy trees in my latest blog post:

I PLANTED MY FIRST SEED

April 9, 2025

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Growing trees from seeds is a long-term project, which makes it all the more satisfying. Just getting them to sprout is exciting, and then you get a special affection for them as they grow. I write about tricks to getting tree seeds to sprout and other suggestions for this also fun and useful activity in my latest blog post:

WHAT’S DOING IN YOUR ‘HOOD

April 1, 2025

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Wilting or browning leaves on your rhododendrons? Are they dead from some infection? Should those stems with browned leaves be lopped to the ground? Wait! Before you do anything, read the backstory to all this, with advice on where and when to yield your pruners, all in my latest blog post.