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Giveaway! Kids Konserve Reuseable & Waste-Free Lunch Sack from Annie’s
I love hearing about companies using creative marketing to both endorse their products and raise environmental awareness. Annie’s Homegrown is doing just that with a reusable, recycled cotton lunch sack promotion. The sack is generously sized, has a spot on the back for the child’s name, and has a velcro closure at the top. Here is their press release. Annie’s Homegrown, Stonyfield YoKids, Honest Kids and Seventh Generation have teamed up to help families toss their brown bags this back-to-school season by…
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Upcyled Tomato Stakes to Folding Shade Trellis
I’m a roll creating vertical growing space in the garden. Here we have 12 55″ tomato stakes converted into a folding shade trellis. The stakes from Logan’s were inexpensive, and I already had wood screws on hand. The two end verticals are spaced 45″ apart. The laterals are spaced 10″ apart. The concept is that vining plants will grow up the ladder side, which faces south, providing shade for lettuces that like cooler temperatures. I’m hoping this will give me…
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Out of Season Asparagus
Back in 2010 I planted asparagus. I believe they were 2 yr old roots at planting, so I again didn’t harvest any this spring so the roots could continue to develop. Last fall, we allowed the asparagus to grow until they turned brown in the fall, but last weekend the Man got tired of the weedy mess that was growing under them and mowed them down. Two days ago, I noticed that new asparagus was coming up. This is so…
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Melondome Rhymes with Palindrome
Yesterday I was looking at the cantaloup vines thinking how crazy it was to be wasting nearly 20 sqft of garden space on three piddly cantaloups. I watched a neawly discovered YouTube channel: growingyourgreens.com, and John packs in huge amounts of veggie plants on his 1/10th acre lot by growing vertically. After a conversation with some Twitter pals, I decided to tidy UP my canteloup vines and create the “melondome!” I found several pieces of used steel remesh behind the…
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Before and After I took out my Vengeance on the Squash
Despite my best efforts to salvage the squash plants from vine borers, the vine borers got the last laugh. Deciding to not dwell on the loss and watch the plants slowly wither away, I pulled them out so I could go ahead and rework the garden paths. The Man-child and I have been busy scattering seeds in these open spaces, and just this morning I noticed tiny sprouts. I hope they are herbs and lettuces and not weeds. We have…
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Who are you, and WHY are you eating my corn?
Just the other day I was wondering how to tell when the corn was ready to pick. Well this morning, the ear pictured below looked ready, and when I started shucking it, this juicy caterpillar verified that indeed, it was ready. I pondered whether I should toss him to the birds or smash him. I’d already shaken him off onto a brick, so having the execution block prepared, it seemed that smashing was the proper choice. I held up a…
