I often get the impression that to get your ticket punched as a real, serious gardener you have to take up composting. Still, I gave up on polishing my halo a dozen years ago. The old-fashioned compost pile I had… Read More »my new composter
I realize that I’m dating myself when I reveal this, a long shelf of vinyl LPs, one of several in the house. I never listen to them, but I don’t know what to do with them. There’s a lot of… Read More »vinyl resting place
Earth Day is coming up on Wednesday. What environment-friendly changes will you be trying to make? Last year we installed a tankless water heater, a move that has saved us at least 30% on our gas bill. But it still… Read More »from shower to flower
If a tree talks in the woods and no one’s around to hear it, does it make a sound? Tuesday morning I had my choice of places to view the televised inauguration of Barack Obama or ways to hear the… Read More »talking trees
I think that these days all of us are trying to go green in many aspects of our lives as we try to reduce our demands on the world’s resources. Gardening has the shiny green patina of communing with nature… Read More »greener gardening practices
One of the easiest ways to reuse broken concrete is to stack up the pieces to make a low garden wall. My house came with an expanse of dangerously uneven, cracked concrete that needed to be removed. One option would… Read More »recycling concrete
I had a mountain of unwanted plastic pots, mostly in the 3-5 inch size, leftovers from when I was growing more than just a few orchids around the house. The pots were used, a little old, but basically functional. I… Read More »a mountain of plastic pots