As promised, tonight I bring to you the heart-breaking saga of the second Squash Vine Borer (hereafter known as SVB) attack on my beloved b-nut squash.
After neglecting to meticulously inspect my butternut squash vines due to reading somewhere that the dreaded SVB ceases attacking after August, I was horrified to find one Sunday morning three [...]
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Attack of the Squash Vine Borer 2
Posted in Container Gardening, tagged Butternut Squash, Garden Pests, Gardening, Squash Vine Borer on October 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Grow Yer Own? Thoughts on Salon.com’s Article
Posted in Container Gardening, Self-Sufficiency, Square Foot Gardening, tagged Container Gardening, Hydroponics, Lasagna Gardening, Mittleider Gardening, Salon.com, Self-Sufficiency, Square Foot Gardening on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This morning, whilst beginning my day at ye olde soul-sucking job, I was, of course, cruising the Internet instead of working (“Bad Zippy, Bad Girl!”). Salon.com happens to be one of the sites I visit throughout the day, even though I often get annoyed by much of Salon’s whiny intellectuals skeptical over any damn thing [...]
Garden Update 3.5: More on the B-nut, & yah, I forgot the B-eyed Peas!
Posted in Container Gardening, Square Foot Gardening, tagged Butternut Squash, Container Gardening, Square Foot Gardening, Urban Gardening on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I tell ya, raising veggies and fruit (and cats) is almost as nerve-wracking as what I imagine raising kids is. After a day at the old soul-sucking job, I get home, love on my furry babies, change clothes and go check on my green babies, and whatta ya know, I’ve got two more wilted squash [...]
Garden Update 3: Giii-normous Butternut Squash Plant!
Posted in Container Gardening, Square Foot Gardening, tagged Container Gardening, Self-Sufficiency, Square Foot Gardening, Squash, Urban Farming on September 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Wow, now if only the squash fruit gets just as big, I’ll have a fab crop of B-nut squash! I am so happy to report that after my failed first go-round with planting butternut squash in a large container earlier this summer, I’ve now got vines out the wazoo, with big, healthy leaves and lots of [...]
Garden Update 2: Dwarf Pomegranate & Baby Bell Pepper
Posted in Container Gardening, tagged Container Gardening, Fruit, Peppers, Pomegranates on August 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have loved pomegranates since seventh grade, when I was introduced to these exotic fruits in two classes, my social studies class and my French class. I first ate the fruit in social studies when we learned about ancient Greece. I can’t remember how it appeared in class, if we had a spread of Greek [...]
Garden Update 1: Monster Malabar!
Posted in Container Gardening, Cooking, Food, Square Foot Gardening, tagged Container Gardening, Cooking, Square Foot Gardening on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I had hopped to keep things up to date a bit more with this here blog, but life just kinda conspires against ya sometimes, doesn’t it? I’ve been a busy little beaver this summer, though unfortunately I haven’t been as busy as I would have liked to have been with my green babies. In [...]
