Entirety of Frederick smells like animal fertilizer
For some unknown reason, the city smells like animal manure, or treated mulch. I can only guess this is due to rain runoff since it’s the season for mulching. Although […]
April 2019
Putting in a willow arbor
Inspired by a willow arbor I saw at Michael Judd’s Long Creek Homestead, with my wife’s blessing I followed his instructions and set out to dig in an arbor over […]
Amaranth porridge
Filling, nutritious, and not too sweet. Serves up to 3. Ingredients: 2/3 c amaranth seeds 2 1/2 c water 1/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup coconut flakes 1/4 cup sunflower seeds […]
Another broken-winged bird comes to visit
For the last two weeks, an injured robin, whom I decided to call Popeye, has been hopping around in the bushes of the front yard, with its left wing out, […]
Clover party in the back, what
Clover that overwintered in the garden beds are in full force and growing like crazy. They were struggling last year. I love to see clover flourishing. Since I’ve found out […]
Mow down to clay to get free mini-ponds
The practice of mowing grass has its benefits: it reduces tick habitats and makes it hard for things that could bite people to get their 5 seconds of fame on […]
Heavy rain today
I finished planting for the day just ten minutes before a rainstorm tore through the area. I put a goumi, nanking cherry, and black currant in a small group on […]
New fruit tribe
Far left: Russian heirloom apple Left, white tag: heirloom pomegranate Center bottom: Nanking cherry Top right, red tag: Heirloom Tayberry Right, yellow tag: Goumi (fruits and fixes nitrogen) I am […]
The awesome robustness of Nature
A weekend of planting, pt 1
Six bare-root grape vines arrived Friday along with an heirloom apple tree and an Osborne Prolific fig. Six grape vines are too many for me, but they were at a […]