Bagging For Bug-Free Fruit

by | Aug 14, 2016 | Conversation, Fencepost

Did you know you could keep the birds and the bees and still have no spots on your apples? Fruit bagging is an age-old practice in Japanese orchards. After the fruit clusters have been thinned, bags are carefully placed around the remaining fruit as soon as they are...

Home Farm Finds and Neat Stuff

by | Aug 11, 2016 | Fencepost, Reviews

I just got these from High Mowing Organic Seeds in the mail. I couldn’t resist ordering a few “new” seeds for this fall/winter season instead of hoping the ones in my aging stash were still good. They probably are, mostly, but I was out of kale seeds...

Bug Defense Cage From Old Window Screens

by | Aug 8, 2016 | Garden, Garden Hacks

I know it’s late in the season for squash, but I just had to give it one last try. My inability to win the squash bug, squash beetle, and, particularly, squash BORER battle is a sore spot with me. This may not work either, but like Charlie Brown and that...

Gearing Up For Fall, Fingers Crossed

by | Aug 7, 2016 | Conversation, Fencepost

I’m very insecure about my fall gardening game. Whenever I’ve had a good fall/winter garden, it’s been largely by accident. Yay! I’m eating spinach in December! How did that happen? The trouble with accidental success is that it’s very...