Flowers for Friday, and the Trouble with Agave
These blackfoot daisies (Melampodium leucanthum), growing next to my driveway, are the best I’ve seen them in my yard. Typically very drought …
Wall of Passion
Back a few months ago I lashed together some bamboo posts to form a trellis for a passion vine at the end …
Customer Service that DOES Work…
I emailed the makers of the Leonard Soil Knife, and two of their employees emailed me back Monday morning with many apologies. …
File under “Tools That DON’T Work”…
UPDATE: They sent me a new one. Details here. Did a lightning round of weeding today, and was hoping my shiny new …
Making Mulch
I have a 5.5 horsepower chipper-shredder made by Craftsman in probably the 80s. My dad acquired it when a neighbor of his …