Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Tater Pot – Has Anyone Heard Of This Yet?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Tracy

The garden center of my local big-box store is starting to restock this week. One of the newest temptations items in the aisles is a three gallon-sized container for growing potatoes on your patio, called a “Tater Pot” Unlike grow … Continue reading →

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Archaeologists Reconstruct Ancient Garden from Pollen

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Tracy

When I plant a garden, I hope that it’ll last. I want my vegetable garden to still be producing in fall, and my ornamental garden to be green and lush for many years. But I don’t expect that scientists in … Continue reading →

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The Best of the Week

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Tracy

Here are some of my favorite article from the Internet this week. 18 of Nature’s Most Powerful Medicinal Plants — Did you know that two of the founding fathers (Washington and Jefferson) grew hemp as a cash crop?  Or that … Continue reading →

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Hay, Straw or Pine Straw?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Tracy

I’ve written a few articles recently for magazines about starting a straw bale garden. Since then, I’ve received questions about substitutions, such as hay or even pine straw.  Because of this, I wanted to go into the differences between hay, straw, pine … Continue reading →

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The Best of the Week

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Tracy

Here are some of my favorite online gardening articles this week: Japanese superlatives, Totekiko, the smallest Japanese Zen rock garden.  A photo of a very small zen garden.  No plants here, just serenity. House Plants You Can’t Kill.  Most houseplants … Continue reading →

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Cheap, Easy Seed Starter Pot Ideas

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Tracy

It’s not quite spring yet, but already I’m getting ready to start cold-hearty seedlings for my early spring “winter” garden. In the past, I’ve gone out and bought those tiny little peat pots with the compressed pellets. But this year … Continue reading →

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The Best of the Week

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Tracy

Gardening Map Of Warming U.S. Has Plant Zones Moving North — Article on NPR about how gardening zones are shifting northward. Some container gardeners may be able to overwinter plants that they haven’t been able to in years past. Questions … Continue reading →

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