Gardening offers a variety of activities to stimulate the mind. Gardening can be simple (soil, seeds, sun, & water) or as complicated as you wish to make it (create the perfect soil composition for specific plants, plan for detailed succession planting, plan for pollinators and insect predators, plan for good and bad plant companions, plan for shade tolerant vs. sun loving plants, create and work with both acidic pH garden areas and alkaline pH garden areas and the plants that thrive better in each, design the perfect weed eradicator, work at harnessing nature’s activities for the benefit of both, work at being in balance with nature to limit gardening issues, etc.). There is something for everyone to take minds off annoying troubles and pending issues.
(Wild Colour on an Ancient Burial Mound, Orkney, UK) This perennial wild colour on a burial mound (possibly 4,000 years old) seems fitting as a memorial to the elite dead buried there. Regular people were just buried or cremated –
Text and Photos by Rob Danforth Looks can be deceiving. A little research beforehand and a trial where possible can save headaches and disappointment. Thinking long term and having the patience to wait for nature to catch up to your
Garden Inspirations Series (Part 2) Text and Photos by Rob Danforth Diversity in our gardens is a style that can add variety in structures and textures as well as plant protection. My shaded salad greens and cilantro grow better in
Text and Photos by Rob Danforth As a winter series of gardening inspiration, I would like to present now a sequence of “commented” photos of gardens, and gardening in general, from various locations that my wife and I have visited.
Article and photos by Rob Danforth In the plusses and minuses category, there are 2 critters which, while they cause problems, can help if managed properly. Racoons and skunks can be problematic, but they also eat bugs (“the enemy
Garden Notebook for the Urban Organic Vegetable, Herb, and Flower Gardener Critter Management Series Part 2 – Large Critters Article and photos by Rob Danforth Some larger critters (not rodents) which can affect your gardening satisfaction are deer, skunks, racoons,
Article and photos by Rob Danforth There are many critters that can affect your gardening satisfaction – I have had them all: deer, skunks, racoons, voles, mice, dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, chipmunks, groundhogs, rats, shrews, and squirrels! Also bats, tree
Article and photos by Rob Danforth A squash vine bore is like a little subway train running along inside the center of the vine stalk. All summer squash (e.g., zucchini, patty pan) and winter squash (e.g., acorn, spaghetti, butternut, pumpkin)
