The eastern tent caterpillar can be a real nuance. I loved playing with these little caterpillars when I was a child and my children still love to play with them. But if your trees are filled with nests, these caterpillars can quickly defoliate your trees. Unless your tree is young or under stress this normally [...]
Compost tea is black gold for your garden! Compost is full of living microbes that help to build your soil and nourish your plants. But some times it’s inconvenient to apply compost to your plants through the season. If your plants are in containers, eventually the soil would reach the very top of the pot! But container plants especially need fertilizing through out [...]
Spring has come early to the homestead. This past winter seemed longer then normal…It was actually quite mild. But after the cold summer and cold wet fall we had last year, we are very ready for spring! Saturday we spent some time getting the yard cleaned up. There is a raised bed in the front [...]
I originally wrote this article April 30th 2008. Today as I was working on my garden plans this topic came to my mind. Really not much has changed since I wrote it. Yes food shortages have dropped off the mainstream media headlines. The prices in our stores have come down slightly from a high 2 [...]
We have our first and only potato beetle larva and garden update. Kim Mills on Google+