by Noel | Jul 15, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
We harvested garlic, yesterday. The bed was kind of weedy this year and I did not do my usual inter-planting with salad greens. However the garlic was just fine and at the peak time for harvesting. Last year we left it in the ground a little too long and the bulbs did not store as well as usual. This year we think we got it at exactly the right time. We used to grow soft neck garlic and it was quite easy to tell when it was ready to pick. The leaves yellowed...
by Anneliese | Jun 27, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
Noel and I made another video last week demonstrating how he uses a few different tools to help him clean out a totally overgrown, weedy garden bed. As you can see in the video, a few of the beds in the vegetable garden have grown out of control. The daunting task of clearing the beds was made quite a lot easier with the use of proper hand tools.
by Noel | Jun 20, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
We came home late last night from four days on the road after a trade show. It’s the time of the season when we should be picking strawberries twice a day, so we lost a few berries to birds and over ripeness, but we still had a huge amount waiting for us, which I harvested this morning. We’ll be freezing some, turning some into strawberry jam, and enjoying mouthfuls of the rest eaten fresh.
by Anneliese | Jun 15, 2011 | Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, Gardening
Welcome once again to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, where garden bloggers around the world share the flowers they’re enjoying in their own gardens. You’ll have to forgive my pictures for this month. By the time I was able to take photos, the sky was dark and overcast, so I hurried through the garden a bit quickly. You’ll also have to forgive the complete lack of identification of all blooms. I can name some of the flowers and not others, and...
by Anneliese | Jun 15, 2011 | CobraHead, Gardening
Noel and I decided to seize upon the nice weather we had today and shoot a few short videos in the garden. Here, he’s demonstrating how the CobraHead Long Handle® can be used as a scuffling hoe. Please enjoy! We plan to post more videos as the summer progresses. Please let us know if there’s something you like to see from us!
by Noel | May 25, 2011 | Gardening
People go crazy over morel mushrooms. They can sell for $40 a pound. I found a few yesterday in the woods, but over the years I’ve never had a major haul. I didn’t even realize they appeared on the property until about six years ago. One year I found about 25, but I was a couple days late and they were well past their prime and inedible. Judy sautéed up the four I found and we had them with dinner. Morels have an interesting chewy texture, almost...
