Garden Variety: Garden resolutions for 2010 – A blog for the Mid-Atlantic gardener by The Baltimore Sun’s Susan Reimer – baltimoresun.com

by Charles Tutt on January 1, 2010

Garden Variety: Garden resolutions for 2010 – A blog for the Mid-Atlantic gardener by The Baltimore Sun’s Susan Reimer – baltimoresun.com.

This is so true. I like this writer. I hope she doesn’t mind my sharing her articles with you.

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“Wooo hooo! Garden porn!” by Dishing Dirt: The perils and pleasures of gardening — GazetteXtra

by Charles Tutt on December 31, 2009

“Wooo hooo! Garden porn!” by Dishing Dirt: The perils and pleasures of gardening — GazetteXtra. I brought you this because I liked it. Hope you do too.

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Food Gardening 2009

December 30, 2009

Year in Food: Gardeners growing their own
By Ari LeVaux – Athens Banner-Herald
As 2009 closes, most of the highlights in the food realm could be framed in the context of two competing paradigms that have clashed for much of the decade that’s also ending. In one corner we have big food: factory farms, fast-food restaurants, mystery [...]

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9 Benefits of using Compost

December 24, 2009

As more and more compost is produced and utilized and as the body of end-use related research grows, the benefits of using compost have become more evident and measurable. Because of its many attributes, compost is extremely versatile and beneficial in many applications. Compost has the unique ability to improve the properties of soils and [...]

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Green Bean Salad Recipe

August 6, 2009

My green beans are coming on strong! So in addition to canning and freezing them, we’re eating them fresh every way we can imagine.
I’ll be adding my favorite recipes as time permits.
Here’s the first one:
Green Bean Salad 4 to 6 servings
Cook about 3 cups of green beans cut to your liking.
Steam, boil, stir fry or dip [...]

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The New Organic Victory Garden

July 15, 2009

Now even big city dwellers are doing it in the back yard!
By Jay North
www.GoingOrganic.com
In the mid 1940’s the United States government asked the people to plant edible gardens to help support the downwardly spiraling economy and the war effort. During that time millions of people all over the country planted gardens called “Victory Gardens”, and [...]

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How To Plant, Grow and Care for Asparagus

July 13, 2009

Asparagus is a perennial. Once established it will faithfully produce year after year for 20 years or more with only minimal maintenance.
Location: Plant it on the North side of your main garden in full sun. It gets tall and can shade your other plants. It will be a permanent feature of your garden so plan [...]

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Intensive Gardening in Raised Beds

July 6, 2009

Here’s the photo I promised showing how I’m growing melons on a trellis. I have two trellis’ on this raised bed and I’m growing four varieties of melons, five varieties of peppers, chard, strawberries and green beans in a space of 4′ X 24′
The bed is 24″ high with side-walls made of poured steel reinforced [...]

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Growing Melons on a Trellis

June 26, 2009

Today I tied my melon vines to the trellis where I’m experimenting with keeping them out of the grass and weeds as well as away from Mama Opossum and Ricky Raccoon. This worked pretty well last year for the muskmelons but the water melons fell off due to their own weight. So, this year I’ve [...]

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