As mentioned in a previous blog this years Lone Star Bonsai Federation’s annual convention took place in Dallas, TX. It the first bonsai convention that I attended, and I must say it’s intense. Three days of bonsai demonstrations, clas...
Good evening folks. I have been a member of the Lumberjock side of the site for a couple of years now but this is my first official post in the Garden Tender community.
Every story has to have a beginning and that is what this first post is all...
May 15/12
This morning I posted something about growing potatoes in my blueberry area and having delayed purchasing a load of soil for some reason.
I now know the reason.
It looks like it will be another year before I get my raised beds o...
May 16/12
As part of my gardening area I have a fenced in blueberry patch. In it, I dumped buckets and buckets of leaves last fall and the year before in order to help create an acidic soil for the blueberries.
Last spring, I planted a row o...
May 2012
Two years ago I started my “Project Dahlias” and it was an experiment to see if I could get through the planting and digging process.
Well, I’ve planted, I’ve dug, I’ve stored, I’ve replanted and ...
The latest issue of our GT News is now available.
This month we are testing out a new format and we’d love your feedback.
Which version do you prefer (and why) (a quick survey is located here)
email version
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This interview with Vince Kirchner is from the April 2012 issue of our GT News
1. How did you first get started at gardening?
I actually started at a very early age spending summers at my Grandparents farm in a small town called No...
I’ve been waiting and I’ve been watching…
This is my first Iris of the year to burst out in flower
And I have two sprigs of wisteria getting ready to go “ta da”
Hi All,To begin with I have very little experience at any of this except for the last year or so I have been playing around with hydroponics/aeroponics. Im finding it to be enjoyable, time consuming (only because I have free time), insect free, so...
May 13, 2012
With all the excitement of the “idea” out of my system I had to sit back and think logically about where the best spot would be to put the greenhouse – and guess what, it’s right where the plastic one is sit...
May 13/12
Here is an update of my mini- “Carolinian Forest”. Not all of the Carolinians are posted but the new plants have been included.
When I ordered the Persimmon tree I never thought about it coming in “two’s...
May 11/12
This afternoon I was checking on all of my happy little plants that are in the greenhouse and I smiled. How wonderful it is to step inside the hot and humid space and smell “plants growing”. Oh so nice!!
The portable/pl...
Hi fellow GardenTenders,
This video is from May 2, 2012 with some still photos taken on May 2, 3, & 4, 2012. With this update, I’m finally all caught up editing the footage that I shot before I found GardenTenters.com (via Lumberjock...
The world was alerted to global warming several decades ago by a document signed by 1700 of the world’s leading scientists and the majority of all nobel laureates in science at the time.1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity
It stated...
This is my last update in the month of April. The growth has been great. I’ve had some failures, but the overall experience has been wonderful. It feels good just to walk outside and see all of this growing right outside my front door. T...
Hi fellow GardenTenders,
This video is from May 2, 2012 with some still photos taken on May 2, 3, & 4, 2012. With this update, I’m finally all caught up editing the footage that I shot before I found GardenTenters.com (via Lumberjock...
This is my last update in the month of April. The growth has been great. I’ve had some failures, but the overall experience has been wonderful. It feels good just to walk outside and see all of this growing right outside my front door. T...
It’s been just about a month since I got started and things are really picking up. This update was recorded on April 2 & April 10, 2012.
Enjoy,
http://youtu.be/3vSuUH_xQy0
This update is the last for the Month of March. I show the organic soil amendments and fertilizer that I have been using in my planters as well as the growth from March 14 – March 29, 2012.
Enjoy,
Jeff
http://youtu.be/Eg6ke0Dc36U
This entry covers some of my failures and mistakes that I have made so far this year. I hope you have better luck with some of these than I did.
Enjoy,
Jeff
http://youtu.be/JCSQy8wTMnI
Here is a short video update nine days after planing my organic container garden. Lots of growth already. Enjoy.
http://youtu.be/0FeD7FYiguU
Please comment with any advice. I’m new at this, so I’m sure there are things I could...
A short video about some of the natural pest control methods that we are trying in our organic container garden in Las Vegas, NV.
http://youtu.be/wVxsGzuWiJc
In mid-January this year, I decided to set a goal to loose 50lbs by the end of 2012 by eating healthier and staying active (I hate making New Years Resolutions, so I waited until January 10th to make mine).
I quit eating fast food cold turkey. ...
I managed to break ground today. There is a good chance of rain this weekend and I wanted to get the ground turned over before the ground gets any wetter. We have got 10 to 12 inches of rain in the last 4 weeks and is is still to wet. If I donR...
(sorry I was having issues with the photos, they weren’t imbedding)
Argh, I had lost this site! I have been looking for it for ages, then I thought “what if I search my usual usernames with “garden” and “blog”...
Once Ruth Stout figured out that she didn’t have to do what people told her, she invented a new type of gardening. Born in 1884 in Topeka, Kansas, USA she gardened into her 90’s in her own unique way, everything of which is still rele...
I decided to try my hand at another video. In this video I’m planting purple hull peas and green beans. I will even show off my high wheel cultivator. Next time we will use a tripod so that the camera will be more steady.\
Video 2 –...
Sea Buckthorn / Sea Berry Seeds!The New England region in the United States has, so far, experienced a snowy season. Shoveling, plowing, salting walkways etc has taken up more time than I can recall compared to recent years. The silver lining is...
