by Noel | Mar 18, 2012 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening
The average March high temperature where I live is 42 degrees. The average minimum is 24, with an average mean temperature of 32 degrees. Today, a high of 82 is predicted. We’ve had highs of upper 70’s to over 80 for the past week. The lows have been just below 60. I don’t know if this portends oncoming climatic disaster, but the warm weather is sure making it easy to get a jump start on a lot of this year’s preparation tasks in the garden. ...
by Noel | Feb 15, 2012 | CobraHead, Gardening
We knew little of what is referred to as “Lawn & Garden” in the worldwide marketplace before we started CobraHead. But we soon learned that if you can make garden writers familiar and happy with your products, there is a chance they might mention them when they write, and possibly the Lawn & Garden industry might notice, too. So we’ve promoted CobraHead products earnestly to garden writers and it’s been a very smart move. Henry...
by Noel | Feb 7, 2012 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening
Here’s a snowdrop that’s shown up over a month early. A lot of snowdrops and crocus have sprouted with our unseasonably warm weather. I’m going to drop some leaves over them to see if I can help them hang on until their normal blooming time later in March. Early blooming due to warm spells can be a real problem. Tender new growth can be frozen when the temperatures return to really cold. I worry about my fruit trees where new buds that come...
by Noel | Jan 30, 2012 | CobraHead, Gardening
Geoff posted last week about the heat mat set up he is using to start some pepper plants, here. I use a heat mat and grow-lights as well to start peppers, tomatoes, and other vegetable seedlings that need a jump start, and I’ve also found the set up useful to give some bottom heat to my sweet potato starts well ahead of the time I need to get my peppers started. Since I don’t need very much space for the sweet potatoes, I use the mat and lights to...
by Noel | Jan 6, 2012 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues, Gardening
The weather in Wisconsin has been super freaky. With highs of 50 yesterday and again today following a December with no snow and exceptionally mild temperatures, a lot of the locals are saying, “what the hey, this ain’t all bad!” I have to say yes and no. It’s kind of scary, and from a gardener’s perspective, in most ways not so good. I love a deep snow cover on my garden beds. The snow offers insulation and moisture. And too...
