Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: Bare Root & B&B Planting
Late winter into early spring is the time to transplant and plant trees and shrubs into the landscape. Move small trees bare root before they break bud. The advantage of
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: Winter Culling of Invasive Trees & Vines & Restoring the Landscape
Winter is the ideal time to control unwanted trees. We have several on our property which we looked to control this season. Our northwestern property line is planted to a
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Joe’s Journal, Winter edition: Seeds of Change, Part IV
The Summer Garden The native plants from the Americas, in contrast to those of the Mediterranean and Eurasia, were exported to Europe by the Spanish explorers in the 1500s. But
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: Seeds of Change, Part III
Our garden plants have global origins. In this blog, we’ll consider those plants that had origins in Europe and Asia. The list includes both cool and warm season garden vegetables.
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: Seeds of Change, Part II
The Early Spring Garden Ever wonder about the origins of your garden plants? And why would this be important? Their origins give clues on how to grow them successfully. In
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: The Four to Six Seasons, part 2
Toward Better Gardening in a Changing Climate: Creating a Tailor-Made Almanac One of the most useful tools one can have along with a spade, shovel, rake, and compost pile is
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: The Four to Six Seasons, part 1
A season of the year is a division based on changes in daylength, temperature and/or ecology. The northern hemisphere experiences the most sunlight the months of May, June, and July.
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: Indoor Hydroponics
Gardening does not have to end with the onset of winter. You can take it indoors! Here, we’ll describe the how-to of setting up an indoor hydroponic system. There are
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: A Year-Round Seed Starting Schedule
I have found that creating a system of organization for seed starting helps not only with timely sowing, but with time management. First start with listing the plants that you
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Joe’s Journal, Winter Edition: A Brief History of the Christmas Tree
In the time before the common era, ancient people equated the winter solstice (to when night and day were equal in length), as a celebration for the suns’ return. The
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