by Daisy | 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...
by Daisy | Sep 8, 2014 | Garden, Garden Hacks
When I was going through our local Master Gardener course, we went on a field trip to Memphis Botanic Gardens, where the resident garden manager, Chris Cosby, led a brief course in propagation techniques. One of the methods he described was using a modified styrofoam...
by Daisy | Jul 1, 2014 | Garden, Garden Hacks
Many years ago I tried draping deer netting over my blueberry bushes. It was a complete failure. I didn’t secure the netting at ground level so the birds got up under the net, it was a pain to crawl under there to pick, and the birds could sit on the outside and...
by Daisy | Apr 21, 2014 | Garden, Garden Hacks
The Sweet Charlie strawberries I planted in October have grown steadily since I put them in the ground. The started blooming several weeks ago. Now they have nice, big, green berries. Sweet Charlies are supposed to be especially sweet, so sweet they’re...
by Daisy | Sep 8, 2011 | Garden, Garden Hacks
Seed tape is one of those things people have a strong opinion about. Either you love it and think it sounds very useful, or you think: Seriously? Seed tape? I was one of the latter until recently when I realized how easily I could make my own seed tape,...
by Daisy | Jan 29, 2010 | Garden, Garden Hacks
The leaves on the lawn in my yard don’t satisfy my leaf craving, so I go trolling the curb for bags and bags of my neighbors’ leaves, too. I’m sure I raise some eyebrows, like when I raid their cardboard on recycle day, but I can’t help it. I...
