Friends at Larrapin Leigh on 30 May 2010
Archive for May, 2010
Out In The Garden and The Reference Shelf Leigh on 22 May 2010
Chop & Plop Mulching
When I plant trees or shrubs or even certain rows of garden veggies, I want to immediately cover the ground with mulch for a variety of reasons. Mulched soil is less prone to compaction by rain. Compaction by foot traffic is reduced by keeping walkers back a bit (as long as they know the never-step-on-beds-or-mulch [...]
Out In The Garden Leigh on 10 May 2010
Saving Kale Seed
Up in the old garden site some of my favorite “Ragged Jack” kale that was planted last fall is blooming and going to seed. Since that was the only variety of kale I grew last fall, I figured the seed would be pretty pure and let it keep going. I’ve never tried to save seed [...]
Friends at Larrapin Leigh on 02 May 2010
It’s a bird…no, it’s a…
I was walking by one of the many birdhouses at Larrapin when I saw a little face poking out of the door. But wait, that’s no bird:
For a split second I was startled it might be a snake. But a second look revealed the unusual resident is a tree frog. He’s one of the wonderful [...]
