A Rustic Home | September 11, 2009
Tia Pinney shows us how to create a quick and easy compost pile. Personally, I always like to add some worms to help the process along and their castings (fancy word for worm poop) are nutrient rich. Everything that goes into the compost pile doesn’t end up in the landfill – yea!
Tia Pinney is a [...]
A Rustic Home | September 10, 2009
If you don’t have a lot of space or don’t live on the ground level, don’t despair – a lush garden can still be had. It just may need to be in the form of a potted garden.
When planting in pots make sure there is plenty of drainage. In the ground, there is plenty of [...]
A Rustic Home | September 2, 2009
Save money while helping the environment with this rustic, wine barrel water collector.
water collector green sustainable gardening barrel
BearatHome | April 10, 2008
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BearatHome | April 2, 2008
When I can find a quiet, free moment – I like to slip away to my favorite leather chair and browse these guides. My first love is the garden, so Sunset has been an inspiration to many a weekend project. Secondly, well I do love to eat. I not exactly the [...]
BearatHome | March 15, 2008
Never in a million years would I have predicted that I would be getting up at the crack of dawn to go worm shopping. Yes, worm shopping, and no I don’t fish.
A never ending list of domestic chores – I have become the housekeeper, the cook, and now the gardener. Of all my domestic duties, [...]
BearatHome | February 12, 2008
I grew up in the North East. By mid-February, memories of the first snow fall have faded and all we were left with was brown slush. This is the time of year; we’d begin yearning for spring the urge to return to the garden. Crocuses and tulips bravely pushing their heads out of the frost [...]
BearatHome | January 17, 2008
If you live in a cold climate, then January is a tough month. Your yard is either buried in snow or just a bleak minmalist landscape. And spring seems so far away.
Need a little pick me up? Check local garden centers and newspapers for info on your regional flower shows. Most are held in midwinter. [...]
BearatHome | January 3, 2008
During the winter, I like to scale back the maintenance of the garden. I live in California with year round growth and maintenance. But many of the fruit trees have gone bare, and I don’t do any planting from November through March. I’ve pruned the roses, so pretty much its weed control and [...]
Bear at Home | June 12, 2007
Butterflies are amongst the most beautiful creatures in the world. So bright of hue, so beautiful and such a delight to watch. But today a wide variety or species of butterflies has become extinct because there is a threat to their living space and their food supply by human beings.
Making a butterfly garden is one [...]