Lazy Gardening

It Finally Begins to Biodegrade Almost 2 years ago, I covered the front yard with jute mesh to keep the grass seeds from blowing away or...

A meadow is grass with wildflowers ...and I have it!  At least in parts of the lawn, if you squint just right, I have fluffy clumps of grass...

Enough of construction and problem solving!  I have flowers to brag about ... Russian sage, hollyhocks, penstemons and g aillardia blooming ...

Just a quick update on establishing the buffalo and blue grama lawn. It looked like this in early February, right after I spread the jute me...

Herbicides are chemicals used to control unwanted plants. All conventional or "organic" herbicides work by somehow interfering w...

This is another " Oops, should have thought a bit longer " post. I realized too late that there was a slower but less work way to ...

The mortality rate of seeds that I plant directly into the garden is high. I blame it on the arid climate, because it is difficult to keep t...

They sprouted!  Now what?  Unless you want the seedlings to die from lack of space for their roots, you have to do something with them.  You...

Collect your trays for the soil blocks.  I use salvaged  clear plastic containers that salad greens or pastries are sold in. I also use smal...

Soil blocks - just a cube of compressed dirt - have advantages for gardeners who grow their vegetables and flowers from seed. 40 lettuce ...

I know what date I took a picture, because the camera dates them for me, but when did I plant those things? That's why I need to start ...

Many seeds require a warmer soil temperature for germination than the seedling needs to grow after germination.  This ensures that the see...

Instead of waiting until nights are reliably above 60 before seeding, I'm pretending that the grass seed is in Kansas and experiencing a...

Lawn Upholstering?  Jute erosion control mesh is not burlap - it's a fabric woven with extremely coarse yarn and large holes.  The mes...