by Noel | Jun 24, 2016 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening
National Pollinator Week is a USDA sponsored event with the main focus of improving the health of pollinators, primarily, honeybees. I appreciate their efforts, but if the USDA really wanted to improve pollinator health, they would get out of their agri-business practices that are most responsible for loss of pollinator friendly ecosystems. Anyway, celebrating pollinators is a good thing, so we’ll contribute by featuring some of our local pollinating...
by Noel | May 26, 2016 | CobraHead, Gardening
This small bed has 90 Candy hybrid onion starts that I planted today. I took advantage of a morning rain that dampened the soil. Planting in wet soil made the transplanting shock minimal. This is the first time I’ve planted Candy. They are supposed to be big and sweet. I planted on 6 inch spacing to give them plenty of growing room. After I got them into the ground I gave them a good soak. They are looking happy, so far. This large bed has 152 Copra...
by Noel | Apr 19, 2016 | Gardening
Have you ever had garden envy? Garden envy happens when you see how beautiful someone else’s garden looks in comparison to your own. Or maybe you experience garden envy when you see that someone else’s garden is producing many more beautiful vegetables than your own. Maybe it’s just that there are no weeds in their plots while you can barely pull yours out fast enough. Garden envy can turn you into a green-thumbed monster, but thankfully there is a cure. Once you...
by Noel | Apr 5, 2016 | Gardening
Back & Joint Safety Chiropractors suggest the importance of using an ergonomic garden tool, specifically a long handled tool that will allow you to remain upright for garden work. When you can stand up to garden or weed and avoid simultaneous bending and twisting, you can also potentially avoid back pain, neck pain, headaches, or joint discomfort. By finding a tool like the hand held garden tools at CobraHead, you use more of a punching motion versus a...
by Noel | Mar 22, 2016 | CobraHead, Gardening
It looks as though about all of the 100 plus cloves I planted last October have sprouted and are showing their flags through the protective straw. Garlic flags are a sure sign of spring. I‘m impressed by the strength of the leaves that push up through the wet and still icy straw blanket.
