Sometimes they come back
When we moved into our house last year, I went through a big crazy faze with yard decor and made up all these elaborate plans that…
Patio Pickers: Do they work?
It’s February, which means it’s almost spring, which means the front section of every hardware store and garden center in the region is bursting with optimistic…
Wide row gardening and bok choy
I’m backdating this a bit, but I’ve got good reason for the delay. For the past several weeks, we’ve been living out in the sticks, way…
Experiments in soil improvements
Seems I traveled back in time to high school chemistry this week. It’s my (largely unfounded, perhaps irrational) impression that serious gardeners carry soil core instruments…
Survival of the seeds
I’ve got a zillion seeds left over from last year and the season is slowly turning back to that wonderful time when I can start planning…
Why rye
Remember this picture? They’re the seeds from my rye cover crop. My garden got insane at the end of last summer. I got lazy and tired…
My “Green Thumb” magazine column
For the past year, I’ve been writing for a great little regional publication called Show Me the Ozarks Magazine. I write mostly features, which I love…
Not such a dumbass after all
I had more than my share of struggles this summer — namely super shitty terrible hard soggy sticky clay soil — which left me less than…
Spring update!
Has it really been ten days since my last post? Tsk tsk. I’ve been neglectful of the writing, but not the garden. I’m out there just…
the flying farmers 