Gardening

Changes in consumer shopping habits have forever altered the face of the retail experience. Amazon has led the way with its Prime subscription. With it, many items we would typically buy in brick-and-mortar stores can instead be delivered to our door for the same price and quite often for even less. While businesses grapple to deal with the new reality, one unforeseen … [Read more...] about Frost Protection via Amazon.com

In the 23-minute satirical song “Alice’s Restaurant,”  Arlo Guthrie makes mention of having to clean up a pile of trash with “implements of destruction.”  It was a term I became instantly fond of because the line between productive work and wanton destruction can be particularly tenuous when hand tools are involved.  I remember one tool that I spent a lot of time with that was … [Read more...] about Implements of Destruction

The arrival of spring has many of us thumbing through seed catalogs making great plans for another growing season. I have a small plot behind the garage but am looking to expand the garden (yet again). I’m a little behind in my planning because of the snow and because  I am taking a different approach to the garden based on some interesting successes this past season. Living … [Read more...] about Garden Planning 2014

Whenever I accompany my (ex)wife on shopping trips that lead us to the ‘Marts I find myself wandering off to the garden centers. These are not the specialty offerings that avid gardeners really enjoy; rather, they are more streamlined garden supplies that will have mass appeal. Despite that, it is sometimes interesting to see what is new. It’s amusing, but I must admit there is … [Read more...] about A Seedling Intervention