thinking about Asparagus… and what a great, informative article on how to plant and maintain a thriving asparagus bed! Asparagus officinalis UC 157 Asparagus .
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One of our favorite mail order nurseries – one of several I will be posting. This year, we are excited about our first perennial crops – tree collard, asparagus, blueberries! Raintree Nursery, fruit, nut and berry plants for the American fruit grower. This seems like an awesome local site for chicken feed; we will be checking them out for gardening, etc. About Us – Heirloom, Untreated, Open Pollinated, Vegetable Seeds – Sustainable California Seed Company. Some great advice from a local deck builder – he talks about an important aspect of “building green” is to build it to last – and has some good pointers about how to do that. Redwood Deck Contest Winner, Sonoma County Backyard Deck. I have been reading the Four Seasons Gardening book – by a couple of gardeners who live in Maine, and have been determined to raise fresh food for all four seasons – in Maine! They went to France (same latitude, if you can believe it) and learned how they grown veggies in the winter; they [...] This is TERRIFIC article about how to dry your clothes, why to dry your clothes, even how to wash your clothes more efficiently without buying the very cool top-loading washing machine that we did! Don’t Be an Energy Glutton: How to Wash and Dry Your Clothes Efficiently : Chelsea Green. We have just cut down several trees – a couple of young redwoods, two cedars, and two mulberries. While it was hard to cut them down, we are excited about having clear solar access for our garden, our house, and eventually solar panels. They were all blocking the morning light, were in the way of [...] Note from Genevieve – this is a terrific article about Local Water Harvesting, a project we are eager to do and already thinking about. There is also a great description of permaculture in this article. Thanks Deborah Rich! Runoff as resource instead of problem Deborah K. Rich, Special to The Chronicle Saturday, December 6, 2008 [...] Since we bought our house, we have had to make several major appliance purchases. We have to admit, it feels rather grown up – we have always rented places already furnished with these appliances. Below details our decision-making process for buying a new refrigerator, and a review “three months after” of our purchase. When thinking [...] More on Buggies Who Like To Eat Wood… Since my last post on this, we have had further advice on dealing with termites at our house. One important idea – termite eradications are only guaranteed for 2 years. So, working with the conditions that create habitat for termites makes a lot of sense. Good home [...] |
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