It has been a while since I've written something. I guess I've spared you from reading aimless blog entries... The project for this fall is creating a small garden space at Highland Baptist Church. Early this past spring I used Black Eye Susans as a cover crop over my potatoes. Now we are ..
Scientists at Purdue University have mapped the carbon emissions across the United States in a project called Vulcan. The map is a layer in Google Earth that allows one to zoom in and see the US emissions at a state or county level. It is one more way to see where the emissions come from and ..
So I've been wanting a Bat House. Primarily to keep the mosquito population in check. They can apparently eat somewhere between 500 and a Thousand mosquitoes an hour. That's sounds pretty good considering the next plague to hit Louisville (after the recent flood) will probably be swarms of ..
The Contorted Willows used in the tomato cages have pulled off a tremendous trick. The horrible ice storm took them down on January 20th. I stored and then cut them in March. They were put in the garden as bare stakes in April. But wouldn't you know, they have sprouted and now I have green ..
This is a quick update on the vegetable garden. The heavy rains have taken a toll on the garden. The potatoes have gotten tall and the rains caused them the fall over, so I am trying two methods to get back on track: cutting them back and staking them up. I'll report back with how the methods ..