The thought of weeding conjures up all sorts of reactions from people. There are weeding haters, weeding lovers and an entire range of folks somewhere in between – in the toleration zone. And the basic fact, no matter how you feel about it, if you keep a garden there is weeding to be done. 5 [...]
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March 15, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Compost, Educate, Garden Love, Tips
Social Tagging: Edible Weeds • Is there such thing as a good weed? • Weeds as compost • Weeds as Mulch • What is a weed?
Filed under: Compost, Educate, Garden Love, Tips
Social Tagging: Edible Weeds • Is there such thing as a good weed? • Weeds as compost • Weeds as Mulch • What is a weed?
February 12, 2013 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DO, Garden Love, Grow, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Get it Right • Monsanto • Organic Garden • Roundup
Filed under: DO, Garden Love, Grow, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Get it Right • Monsanto • Organic Garden • Roundup
This was insane. Giant, keg sized bottles of Roundup in my local store. Double the trouble for one low price! At least on the front end. But on the back end – as far as I’m concerned – is pandora’s box of chemical warfare disguised as a helpful, make-your-life-simple remedy for battling anything unwanted. My [...]
November 18, 2012 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Educate, Grow, Techniques, Tips
Social Tagging: Annual Crops • Beans • Harvesting Seed
Filed under: Educate, Grow, Techniques, Tips
Social Tagging: Annual Crops • Beans • Harvesting Seed
These are the last of my beans for the season. I left them on the vine to fully mature and ready for next season’s planting, pulling them before our first full set of rains and well after my last beans were picked for eating. Yum. The pole beans were definitely the best eating beans, no matter how [...]
July 12, 2012 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DESIGN, DO, Gardens, Grow, Ideas, Tips
Social Tagging: Container Gardening • grow a garden • Raised Bed • Should a garden be contained? • Urban Farm
Filed under: DESIGN, DO, Gardens, Grow, Ideas, Tips
Social Tagging: Container Gardening • grow a garden • Raised Bed • Should a garden be contained? • Urban Farm
The opportunity for “deckening*” is at hand, right out my door. However I’ve never loved growing plants in pots, at least not as a sole point of interest. In fact, when I get to the section on the latest container garden arrangements in nearly any and all gardening publication I hastily skip to the next [...]
May 19, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DO, Grow, Tips
Social Tagging: Choosing a Plant at the Nursery
Filed under: DO, Grow, Tips
Social Tagging: Choosing a Plant at the Nursery
Let’s get it straight. Choosing plants at the nursery, even with experience, can be daunting. Not only do you need to try to stick to your list (if you came with one), but then also choose plants from amongst the bunch that look as if they would do more than survive but thrive. My history [...]
April 27, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Compost, DO, Fertilize, Grow, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Compost • Eat • Grow • Growing Tomatoes • love • Organic
Filed under: Compost, DO, Fertilize, Grow, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Compost • Eat • Grow • Growing Tomatoes • love • Organic
Summer, if defined by the olfactory of senses, could have endless interpretations. Like “snow” for groups such as the circumpolar Sami people, it could have 100′s of words to name it, all synonymous yet characteristic. From the flavored perfume of Coppertone Baby to freshly cut watermelon. Or the scent of tomatoes emanating from the garden. [...]
January 20, 2011 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DO, Grow, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Genetically Modified Seeds • Healthy Environment • Micro Climate • Organic • Organic Seeds • Peaceful Valley • Seeds • Seeds of Change • Why Use Organic Seeds
Filed under: DO, Grow, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Genetically Modified Seeds • Healthy Environment • Micro Climate • Organic • Organic Seeds • Peaceful Valley • Seeds • Seeds of Change • Why Use Organic Seeds
I’ve finally taken the time to explore the inner reaches of my refrigerator, locating the seeds I mentioned, giving me reason to plan and wonder what I’ll plant in a climate with a year round growing season…. Without a green house or bomb proof cold frame, veggie gardening is typically unreliable in the Lake Tahoe [...]
November 25, 2010 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DO, Educate, Grow, Tips
Social Tagging: botany • Climate Information • Gardening Maps • Interactive Maps • NOAA • Plant Maps • Plantmaps • Protect Your Garden From Frost
Filed under: DO, Educate, Grow, Tips
Social Tagging: botany • Climate Information • Gardening Maps • Interactive Maps • NOAA • Plant Maps • Plantmaps • Protect Your Garden From Frost
Plant and gardening related maps can be found at plantmaps.com. Compiling historical weather data from NOAA, Plantmaps has created interactive maps outlining average annual frost dates for areas and cities across the United States. Plan and protect you garden. Time seeding and hardening off of starts. Less worry, more fun.
November 9, 2010 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: DO, Fertilize, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Biosol • Fall Fertilizing • Grab N' Grow • Lake Tahoe • OMRI Tested • Organic Fertilizer • Organic Materials • Restoration • Sonoma Compost
Filed under: DO, Fertilize, Organic, Tips
Social Tagging: Biosol • Fall Fertilizing • Grab N' Grow • Lake Tahoe • OMRI Tested • Organic Fertilizer • Organic Materials • Restoration • Sonoma Compost
With fall comes the rush on local supplies of Biosol. We went to get our share. Each visit to the nursery they were out, expecting a shipment that very afternoon…. I was discussing materials and fertilizers with folks at a sustainable landscaping event down in Sonoma County this last spring. I must say, these people [...]
October 14, 2010 by Emily Murphy · Leave a Comment
Filed under: BEE, Broad Spectrum, DESIGN, DISCOVER, DO, Educate, Garden Love, Gardening Impetus, Gardens, Grow, Inspired, Perspective, Tips
Social Tagging: Garden • garden design • gardening resource • Grow • grow a garden • ideas • importance of gardening • insatiable • inspiration • inspiring gardeners • learning • love • plants • play • process • publication • read • resource • take it to heart • tend a garden
Filed under: BEE, Broad Spectrum, DESIGN, DISCOVER, DO, Educate, Garden Love, Gardening Impetus, Gardens, Grow, Inspired, Perspective, Tips
Social Tagging: Garden • garden design • gardening resource • Grow • grow a garden • ideas • importance of gardening • insatiable • inspiration • inspiring gardeners • learning • love • plants • play • process • publication • read • resource • take it to heart • tend a garden
“Shit or get off the pot.” This is a phrase my mother commanded on a regular basis while I was growing up and continues to utter to this day. She has never needed to shout, these five words are enough. Especially for someone like me with a good, Catholic upbringing. (Guilt, duty, respect. They all [...]