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Archives for August 2008

Tomato season wrap-up

August 28, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 11 Comments

If you haven’t done it already, now’s the time to cut back your tomato plants.* Why? To focus the plant’s energy on ripening its existing fruit, rather than on producing new flowers and starting new fruit, which won’t have time to grow and ripen before the first frost. Now you know. *Technically you’re supposed to […]

Filed Under: Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: first frost, pruning, tomato

Farm it now

August 27, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Ever fantasize about going “back to the land”? Growing your salad and side dishes, making your own goat cheese: that kind of thing. But, you tell yourself, it can’t be done. Not until you own that idyllic farm. Bollocks, argues 26-year old Jenna Woginrich in her Mother Earth News blog post titled “A Renter’s Homestead.” […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: homesteading, Jenna Woginrich

Video: guerrilla gardener at work

August 25, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

Richard Reynolds, founder of guerrillagardening.org, wrote the book on guerrilla gardening. Literally. It’s called On Guerrilla Gardening. Now you can watch the Web’s most famous guerrilla gardener at work in this short video. If you’ve ever wondered what guerrilla gardening looks like, watch as Richard facilitates an ambitious project in London’s East End. My favourite […]

Filed Under: Resistance is fertile Tagged With: guerrilla garden, richard reynolds

‘Garden Babies’ Butterhead lettuce

August 22, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 6 Comments

How much do I love ‘Garden Babies Butterhead’ container lettuce from Renee’s Garden? To put it in Grade 3 terms – I would marry it. I’ve never grown lettuce so… perfect looking. It’s like a Whole Foods produce manager sneaks onto my balcony every morning, mists it gently, picks off any errant flecks of dirt […]

Filed Under: Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: butterhead, garden babies, lettuce, renee's garden

And we’re back

August 19, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 16 Comments

Hello? Anybody out there? It’s been a record 34 days since my last post. I wish I could say it’s because my summer has been full of jaunts to Europe and glorious days spent picnicking, skinny dipping, and sipping gin and tonics in my garden. The reality is more like jaunts to the drugstore and […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: Blogging, heavy petal

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