Lazy Gardening

Or Why Shredding Oleander is a Bad Idea I've recommended using oleander as "shredder floss", feeding in a branch ...

I do more than just sit around and watch my lawn take care of itself.  I sit around and watch my compost bins take care of themselves. B...

Various blends of vinegar, salt and dishwashing liquid being used as an "organic" or "natural" or "no chemicals...

I haven't updated about the buffalo grass lawn because there hasn't been much to update.  It grows, it gets watered, it needs very l...

Through a chain of gardening blogs, I found Garden Rant's rant about the inability of Scotts Chemicals to comprehend that diversity in ...

This is my experimental lettuce patch, in a photo taken early this morning. It was planted about 2 months ago in an old compost heap that wa...

It's tough being on the bleeding edge of lawn management. For example, how long should I run my lawn sprinklers to water my buffalo gras...

Two of the gaudy xeriscaping plants, my rose bush and the neighbor's cactus. I am tempted to sneak over to his yard and steal a few pads...

Happy birthday to my buffalo grass lawn! It was one year old on Sunday, and a long way from the sea of mud we had last year. This coming ye...

After a very rainy, almost freeze-free winter, it's warming up. The low temperatures have been mostly in the 50s and the highs in the mi...