After calling every nursery within a decent driving radius in search of coarse Vermiculite and having no luck, one manager finally told me the manufacturer of all the vermiculite found locally didn’t make coarse this year. The official book says to get the coarse variety but the man at the nursery [click to continue...]
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Review: P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Journal
I bought this gardening journal a few years ago. At that point I knew next to nothing about gardening and brought the book home enchanted and motivated by the creativity it was sure to cause. However, what I really needed was a how-to-garden book. Several how-to books later, I have rediscovered this journal on a shelf and realized it is just what I need. [click to continue...]
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Boxes have arrived
Yesterday my square foot garden boxes arrived. I got these off of www.squarefootgarden.com along with a tomato tower and some water walls. I ordered the small 2×2 patio boxes for portability and because they can be placed on a table if needed. All New Square Foot Gardening, by Mel Bartholomew, has complete instructions for building boxes, planting and harvesting. After finishing [click to continue...]
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