Category Archives: garden

The Brew of the Future

Got my Hops rhizomes ordered today. The big dream is to grow Barley as a covercrop… Hops + Barley = homegrown homebrew. It’s the beer of the future!

Hello Spring!

Well, at long last, it seems that Spring is really here to stay. It was a bit touch and go for a while, we’ve still been having a dusting of frost, but overall, it’s definitely Spring. The lemon verbena is in a snit. It didn’t drop it’s leaves last year,and it’s been through several frosts [...]

the Balcony

The first in a series I’m going to call, “If it were me, but it isn’t”.  Yesterday I visited a friend’s home for the first time, and you know how that goes—on the drive home one inevitably thinks, “Well, if it were me…”  In this case, my landscape brain got switched on by the trip [...]

Video: How to grow veggies in a pot

Short on space? You can grow a great crop in containers, too. Here’s how

Marsh Plants that Clean Grey Water

Marsh plants like reeds, water hyacinth, iris and duckweed are not only beautiful, they can also help conserve and treat gray water.