by Noel | Aug 13, 2010 | CobraHead
Judy just posted a few days ago about how she is trying to pick the zucchini before they get oversized and unusable. I’m not going to go too far about her best intentions going awry, but as you can see, I found a couple of lunkers in the summer squash bed, yesterday. You can see a penny on the big one to give you an idea of its size. I can’t fault Judy for not keeping up. The garden is close to impossible to work in, right now. We have had over a...
by Noel | Jun 27, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening
As usual, I’m putting too much time on the road and not enough time in the garden. Flower and garden shows and other trade shows on weekends throughout the spring and early summer have kept me from where I’d rather be. I planted a bed of sweet corn on June 7th. That’s a lot later than recommended, but I’ve been much later than that before and still had a fine harvest. I normally plant two beds of different varieties, but this year I was...
by Geoff | Jun 25, 2010 | CobraHead
A couple of weeks ago I met Steven Hebbard at workday for a new community garden in Austin. Steven heads up The Karpophoreo Project. This Austin based venture works with formerly homeless members of the Austin community and others to grow good food. Karpophoreo means to bear good fruit in every good deed in Greek. The staff and volunteers garden in thirteen locations throughout Austin in places as varied as community garden sites, church land and individual back...
by Geoff | Jun 14, 2010 | CobraHead, Gardening
We firmly believe that small-scale agriculture plays a major role in efforts to create a world that supports all of us. Through our gardening business, we have been fortunate to get to know and support hundreds of community gardening and grow-your-own projects. A couple of years ago Noel met Peter and Kathy Wood of Bracebridge, Ontario at the annual Garden Writer’s conference. They have been assisting Ronnie Mwachia Mdawida in his efforts to improve...
by Anneliese | Apr 15, 2010 | CobraHead
Remember back in September, when I requested help identifying all the plants in my new yard? Well, now that the snow is all melted (I hope), and temperatures are warming up, I’m going to need your help again. I’m not entirely clueless when it comes to ornamental bloom identification, but at this point, more plants than not are beyond my breadth of knowledge. Like this thing, for example: Here’s a closer view of the flowers on it: Do please tell...
by Geoff | Feb 19, 2010 | CobraHead, Environmental Issues
Recently, CobraHead teamed up with Singing Rooster Coffee and Just Coffee to support rural development in Haiti. Singing Rooster has already been working with small farmers in rural Haiti. They bring Haitian grown coffee to the U.S. and work to get Haitian coffee (which is very good) established here. With the devastation in Port au Prince, many Haitians are returning to small towns and will likely be getting back to growing food. Through Singing Rooster, we are...
