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Garden Geek – Top 10

Such a garden geek – the harvest is on and I’m already re-organizing my plan for next years garden. The revision comes at the expense of this years successes and not so successes. Some things are particular to this year but most lessons will go on to make for better, more productive harvest for years [...]

Garden On for May/June 2011

Peek inside Water Insulator

Check out the new garden pictures on our G4Us FaceBook album

Soil temperatures are coming up and that means it is time to plant your vegetables. Annuals should be safe by the end of the month to put in the ground, too. For those of us who are “soil driven”…well [...]

Dirt vs Soil

Here’s a great little article about common soil types.

Dirt will not offer fascinating meal discussion. Unless you are in a room of master gardeners, then the conversation takes on new meaning. Skilled gardeners will show you that handling this mystical blend of nutrients, natural matter, water along with air is their most [...]

Gardening Tips for 2011

Tips for best planting in raised bed vegetable gardening. Maximizing crop output with successive summer and fall plantings. Integrated Pest management using organic companion plantings and crop rotations. [...]

Seeds for Garden 2011

My Garden Plot

Gardens and Gardening…its time to plan and prepare, spring is on the way. Snow is almost off the valley floor, red breasted robins are starting to show up and magpies are pairing up. Yep, spring is definitely breaking in our neck of the woods. Its time to plan the garden plot for [...]

Happy Locavores in July/August 2010

The height of summer, its a season that gardeners and locavores  revel in. The flowers, herbs and vegetables are going strong, even a bit of time to relax between weedings. The early season crops are just about gone and time to start planning the late season crops you want to plant. Meanwhile the farmers markets [...]

Garden Tips for May 2010

laying in soaker hose

Hopefully by now you’ve got your garden plot tilled (wouldn’t be able to do this without my mantis!) and soil amended or at least tested. If you have had poor results in a particular area, soil testing is a great way to see what your soil lacks. Now that your [...]