Gettin' Trashy with Joe

What?!?  A guest writer on my blog?  Well, actually I hope it happens more often.  And this one is so nice because he comes from within my own four walls.  So, Get yourself a nice cup of coffee or tea, and settle in for a nice long read, compliments of my sweet hubby, Joe Schanel.

To Till or not to Till, That is the Question

Drought Gardening

It feels like England right now.  Outside, it's cool and breezy, not to get above 75 degrees for the day.  It rained a bit yesterday and the day before, and the weatherman tells me that it will rain in the upcoming days as well.  Rain, rain, rain.  I love it.  The more soft gentle rains we get the more the groundwater will be replenished.  We are managing to get the garden planted in spite of all this rain.  The one thing the rain makes difficult is the continuation of our drought gardening practices.

"Why" you might ask "are you bothering with drought gardening when you are getting all this rain?"  Well, I'll tell you.

Balcony Permaculture

This post is for my apartment bound buddies.  I often get questions about what to grow and how to grow it when a person has only a very small space to grow in.  These videos by Dylan Graves are an excellent example of what can be done in a small space.  Granted Mr. Graves has 25 square meters (about 15'x15') and that's larger than the average American balcony.  Nevertheless, he provides great examples of what can be done with a small space.  For the most part he re-uses containers and therefore has a lovely mishmosh of growing spaces.  He even manages a small fish pond!  The two videos combined last only about a half hour, and . . .