Row Cover in Garden

Using Row Covers in the Veggie Garden

March 8, 2013

The previous article looked at row covers, cold frames, cloches, and other techniques for protecting the garden during winter, but I wanted to take a closer look at one method in particular. While cold frames are still my favorite tools for cold weather gardening, the simpler row covers are gaining in favor because they are [...]

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Row Cover

Plant Protection for Fall and Winter Vegetable Gardens

February 19, 2013

Your region may endure months of frigid weather, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t continue to harvest fresh produce out of the backyard garden. The previous post shared some of the hardy varieties grown by Niki Jabbour in her Nova Scotia garden; today I’ll cover some of the equipment and devices that she uses to stretch [...]

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Niki Jabbour

The Year-Round Veggie Gardener’s Top Picks for Winter

January 28, 2013

I met Niki Jabbour at this year’s Mother Earth News Fair and obtained a copy of her new book entitled “The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener.” It turns out that we have a lot in common when it comes to growing a fall vegetable garden, and share a similar strategy for gardening during the colder periods of [...]

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Snowy Garden

Dreams of Greener Days in the Veggie Garden

January 11, 2013

Well, I really didn’t blow off the landscape as Hurricane Sandy made her rounds back in October, and thanks to everyone who inquired into how everything turned out. The garden and the beehives survived just fine and Pennsylvania actually wasn’t as hard hit by the storm as were parts of New York and New Jersey. [...]

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Beehives Prepped for Hurricane

Preparing the Garden to Meet Hurricane Sandy

October 29, 2012

With Hurricane Sandy approaching the East Coast and expectations that she will create all sorts of havoc, I spent some time over the weekend preparing the garden for the storm’s arrival. Weather forecasters receive their share of complaints but it’s times like this when advance warnings are greatly appreciated! The funny thing is that the [...]

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Proposition 37 Fights to Label GMO’s in Food Supply

October 19, 2012

It’s pretty bad that we can’t easily discern whether the foods we eat contain genetically modified organisms (GMO’s), but a battle is currently being waged in California that may help to change that. Proposition 37 is on the November ballot to decide whether food producers will be required to label the presence of GMO’s in [...]

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Mother Earth News Fair

2012 Mother Earth News Fair Opens Today

September 21, 2012

The weather was perfect for the opening day at the 2012 Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania. I was on hand to take in the sights, sit in on a few lectures, and interview some of the speakers. There was a nice crowd on hand and I expect that tomorrow will see an [...]

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Pitcher Plants

This Little Garden is a Bug’s Worst Nightmare

September 18, 2012

I usually write about edible plants and how to protect them from destructive insects but today’s post contains a gallery of plants that can care for themselves as they go out of their way to make things comfortable and inviting for the hordes of insects that they prey upon. My bog garden sits right next [...]

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Potato Harvest

Not a Bad Harvest Considering I Didn’t Plant Any Potatoes

August 31, 2012

Just thought I’d share a picture of this year’s potato harvest. Nothing spectacular about it until you consider that I didn’t plant a single potato this season. All these potatoes are the result of volunteer plants that sprouted on their own and received no special care or attention this summer. I didn’t even notice the [...]

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