by Noel | Oct 17, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening
As a small business without a big advertising budget, CobraHead relies heavily on testimonials from happy users to get our story out to the world. Yesterday, we were exceptionally pleased to be made aware of Ciaran Burke’s Garden Blog. Ciaran, a professional gardener, garden writer, and photographer from County Mayo, in western Ireland, has some very nice things to say about our tool. Ciaran was introduced to CobraHead by our good friend Shawna Coranado, a...
by Noel | Oct 3, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening
This big guy showed up while I was down on my hands and knees digging potatoes. It landed right in front of me and didn’t try to fly away when I picked it up. It is a really pretty moth. Almost the whole underwing is pink, and the moth shows off the bright color when its wings are open. All the pictures I shot with the wings open are blurred because of the moth’s wingbeats, but I posted one anyway, just to show what it looks like. I thought it was...
by Anneliese | Aug 26, 2010 | CobraHead
Hey, are you on Facebook? So are we! But we know we have a lot more fans than our page currently indicates, and we’re counting on you to help us find them. So here’s the deal: help us get to 1000 fans by September 21, and we’ll give all fans a coupon worth 20% off everything on our site. This coupon will be good for ONE DAY ONLY on September 28. There seems to be some debate amongst the CobraHead team as to whether 1000 fans is either too lofty...
by Anneliese | Aug 25, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening
Well, we Wisconsin CobraHeaders finally got our act together and started making videos in the garden. This is one of our first attempts from yesterday. Here, Noel deftly extracts a tap-rooted thistle from his pepper bed. We will be posting many more how-to videos as we continue to make them. If you have any videos of the CobraHead in action in your garden, we would love to see them! We may even post them here!
by Judy | Aug 22, 2010 | CobraHead, Recipes
This recipe was a collaborative effort between Geoff and me. Quinoa potato soup was a staple in Ecuador where Geoff spent a year studying in college. We made up a recipe based upon his memory of an Ecuadorean soup. Due to an abundance of summer squash in the garden we added that in, and I thought a bit of fresh cilantro wouldn’t hurt. It still seemed to need a little more spark so Geoff added some chipotle peppers that we had left over from another dish. ...
by Noel | Aug 21, 2010 | CobraHead
CobraHead is actively involved in the Mailorder Gardening Association. Anneliese and I attended the MGA summer conference in downtown Chicago this past week. In addition to the seminars, workshops, roundtables, networking and evening fun, we also had an afternoon tour of the Ball Horticultural Company in West Chicago. Ball has been around since 1905 and is the second largest seed distributor in the United States. Ball’s President and CEO, Anna Ball,...
