by Geoff | Oct 1, 2010 | Gardening
A few mornings ago I saw a praying mantis just outside my front door. I rushed to get my camera and as I took the pictures, I wondered why she continued to pose for me. Then I realized that a spider web enveloped some of her feet. I broke off the strand of web as best I could and let her climb onto a broom handle to find a new home. I don’t know if the spider had already bitten her or not, but she still seemed to have some of her senses. She chewed off some of...
by Geoff | Sep 20, 2010 | Gardening
It’s past time for planting my fall garden in Austin, and yet in my limited garden space the overgrown but still producing summer crops take up most of the four beds. Between nine foot tall okra, supposed bush beans that turned out to be super-spreading pole beans and a tomato patch that continues to tantalize me with the prospect of just a few more tomatoes, I don’t have much space left to put in greens, broccoli, collards, garlic, and other Fall delights. Crop...
by Anneliese | Sep 7, 2010 | Gardening
It’s not really a big secret that I am not a plant geek. In fact, up until a few years ago, I never had much use for flowers. There. I said it. However, I’ve been coming around, and it would be nice to at least know what’s growing in my own yard. Posting pictures here on the blog and asking for help has yielded very successful results for me in the past (you garden blog readers are such a resourceful bunch!), so I’ve decided to do it...
by Noel | Sep 2, 2010 | Gardening
I’m going to be quite happy with my squash plantings this year. I didn’t get my seeds started until the first week of June. Since I had no beds set up for the squash, I just cleared out the overgrown weeds in my compost area and stuck the seedlings in the extremely rich soil. I talk about the June planting here, and how well the vines were doing in August, here Now the pumpkin vines are collapsing but the rest of the vines are holding up pretty...
by Judy | Sep 1, 2010 | Gardening, Recipes
Four plus pounds of various beans are pictured. I was nearly bowled over at the amount of beans I picked. If you had asked me a couple months ago I would have said we’d be lucky to get a handful. Since Noel didn’t get around to fencing the garden this year, creatures of all sorts have been nibbling everywhere. At least half of the bean plants were chomped off to within 4 inches of the ground. This mixed batch of beans was blanched for the freezer and our...
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!
