by Noel | Apr 23, 2012 | CobraHead, Gardening
I tried something new (for me) this year in planting my potatoes. Geoff mentioned this method to me years ago and I never got around to trying it. I kind of forgot that it was he who told me, but he was quick to remind me when I showed him what I did. The logic is simple. Plant your potatoes at the bottom of a trench, then hill up the dirt from the ridges of the troughs around the plants as they grow. Potatoes only grow up, that is, their tubers won’t...
by Geoff | Apr 3, 2012 | Gardening
We are pleased to announce the two winners of the Botanical Interests’ Seed Collections! Janiece won the Basic Bounty Veggie Garden Collection. Her favorite vegetable to grow is the Sugar Snap pea. Chris McDiarmid won the Heirloom Tomato Seed Collection. That’s good, because her favorite vegetable to grow is the tomato. We picked our two winners at random from the 94 entrants who all left a comment on our blog naming their favorite vegetable to grow. Tomatoes...
by Geoff | Mar 22, 2012 | CobraHead, Gardening
Our friends at Botanical Interests have given us two of their seed collections to give away. The Basic Bounty Veggie Garden Seed Collection includes Bean-Bush Blue Lake 274, Corn-Bodacious, Leaf Lettuce-Salad Bowl Blend Organic, Sweet Pepper-Sweet California Wonder Organic, Radish-Cherry Belle, Summer Squash-Black Beauty Zucchini, Tomato-Better Bush. The Heirloom Tomato Seed Collection includes Cherry Red & Yellow Pear Organic, Aunt Ruby’s German Green...
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 Anneliese | Mar 15, 2012 | Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, Gardening
After two years in my house, I finally decided it was time to add to the garden collection. So last fall after road crews finished tearing up my street, I took advantage of the bare soil the road crews left by the curb and planted over 400 crocus bulbs. Pictured above is my first official bloom from something I planted myself. This particular variety is Crocus chrysanthus ‘Ard Schenk’ from Brent and Becky’s Bulbs. And yes, I’m proud of...
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...
