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Pot-in-pot gardening for the frozen north.
Extending the season in zone 7b Pot in pot gardening is a method that’s typically used for propagating slow growing plants or tall plants (trees) that could fall over in the wind. Instead of planting directly into soil, a hole is dug, an empty plastic pot is placed into the soil, and a potted plant…
(Norwegian) Spring Has Sprung!
The earliest green plants in USDA zone 7a Super brief update: I live in Norway now. And it’s mid-march, and I’m soooo ready to see green growth and colorful flowers. Most of the grass here is still dry and brown, and the winter bare trees are only just starting to bud. I’ve got a few…
Recycling weeds
My yard has a quite a bit of bare earth. We haven’t installed irrigation everywhere and have several slopes, so the only thing that grows in many areas are the blown in weed seeds that come up every spring. Mostly these are foxtail grasses, and with two dogs running around, we’ve learned the hard way…
Planting the three sisters, step two.
Planting the three sisters is something I’ve wanted to do since I first learned about them, probably in junior high. It’s such a beautiful ecosystem: corn for the beans to grow on, beans to feed nitrogen to the corn and squash, and squash to defend the corn from critters, and shade the ground to keep…
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I love changing things. I can never just leave things alone, or, you know, maintain them. I have to try to make them better. I’ve landscaped my yard, built a deck, a patio, a pergola, a treehouse… are they Pinterest perfect? Meh. Our family motto is, perfect is the enemy of done. Unless you ask my spouse, in which case, it’s “the key to happiness is lower expectations.”
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