Save yourself time and start your seedlings in a self-watering planter made of re-purposed materials. You’ll need the following: Empty plastic drinking containers with lids (8oz, 12oz, 1 liter, 2 liter soda or water bottles) that are symmetrically shaped Cotton yarn or string Box Cutter Common Nail, Nail Setter, or anything that will assist in [...]
We started our first garden in Spring 2008. We did not have rabbits at the time and were living off a small income. I learned a trick from a fellow gardener. Start your compost pile with weeds from plowing or weeding your garden, gather grass clippings, vegetable kitchen scraps and/or dead leaves you find out [...]
Planning This year we decided to plan our garden in a way to defeat 2 issues. 1. Lack of pollinators 2. Issues with water retention in the soil. Lack of Pollinators Years 2003 and 2004 bees were plentiful throughout the yard. A small plot was created in the garden about 5′ x 7′. There was [...]
