by Noel | Nov 16, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening
I started playing with LED grow lights three years ago when I bought three small LED spotlights from a vendor I met at the Cincinnati Flower Show. My initial approach to using the lights was very haphazard. I mainly used the spots to augment natural light from the south facing glass wall in the sunroom for starting vegetable seedlings in the spring. The results for enhancing plant growth were noticeable and LEDs are way easier to work with than fluorescents and...
by Noel | Nov 14, 2010 | Environmental Issues, Gardening
I was digging horseradish roots out of the compost area when I uncovered a little spotted salamander. They seem out of place here. I would expect them in much wetter areas, but I come across them frequently so I guess they like the garden surroundings. Judy was cleaning up our leek harvest nearby so I put the salamander in the wheelbarrow she was using while I fetched the camera. I took the picture and returned the little creature back to where I had found it. ...
by Noel | Nov 8, 2010 | CobraHead
Yesterday, two weeks past my target October 24th plant date, I got my garlic into the ground. That’s a lot better than being six months late, and with the very warm fall we are having, I’m sure the garlic will do just fine. Here in Wisconsin, garlic does best when it’s planted in the fall and covered to protect it from the hard winter freezes. The cloves start setting roots under the covering long before the snow is gone. The crop is larger...
by Noel | Nov 7, 2010 | CobraHead, Events
Saturday was a beautiful day to be out in Southern Wisconsin. It was sunny and crisp with a high temperature of about 47 degrees. For the first week of November it was quite pleasant. Our fall has been a lot warmer and drier than normal. As nice as it was outside, Judy and I spent most of the day indoors doing a little show called The Herb Fair sponsored by the Madison Herb Society. But the nice weather got a lot of people out so we had a good crowd and sold...
by Noel | Oct 22, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening
Here is some recent CobraHead news that I want to share. Anneliese was elected to the Mailorder Gardening Association Board of Directors. The Mailorder Gardening Association has been an excellent organization for CobraHead. Many of the major garden catalog firms are members and are our customers. We have been active with MGA since we joined and now Anneliese will get to be involved in a lot of MGA planning. We know it will help her in learning more about the...
