Add Height to Garden Beds with an Obelisk
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by Gardener's Supply
3y ago
By Diana Elizabeth Steffen Diana Elizabeth in her Phoenix garden that features the CedarLast Obelisk. Text and photos by Diana Elizabeth Steffen, www.dianaelizabethblog.com. Hello from Phoenix! While most of the country is enjoying a beautiful winter wonderland right now, those of us in Zone 9 are enjoying our extended gardening season. I wanted to share some photos from my garden, and a few products I’ve added to my raised garden beds from Gardener’s Supply Company. I’d also love to share what we’re growing out here. During my visit to Switzerland last year I was enchanted by their gardens ..read more
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Garden Designer Brings Beautiful Edibles to Pastry Chef’s Backyard
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by Gardener's Supply
3y ago
Garden designer Sara Gasbarra, right, designed this urban garden oasis filled with herbs and edible flowers for pastry chef Leigh Omilinsky, left. A sweet collaboration! By Sara Gasbarra Acclaimed Chicago pastry chef Leigh Omilinsky and I have been close friends for many years, our work and lives intersecting via Chicago’s restaurant industry where Leigh crafts beautiful (and delicious!) Italian-inspired pastries and desserts for Nico Osteria, and I build and tend culinary gardens for chefs and other hospitality clients with my full-service garden design business. Up until this spr ..read more
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Sorghum Thrives in Revolution Planter — and the Canes Make a Beautiful Pea Trellis
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by Gardener's Supply
3y ago
Cody shows the height of the sorghum in the planter. I feel lucky that I get to grow things as part of my job as testing coordinator. Last year, I was asked to grow a variety of plants in the Gardener’s Revolution® Classic Tomato Planter. We wanted to grow something that would get very tall, to make sure our new tie-downs would keep the planter upright. Cody, our Product Designer, suggested we try sorghum. We grew it from seed, right in the planter. In less than three months it shot up to about 8′ tall and, yes, the new tie-downs successfully prevented the planter from tipping over. In fall ..read more
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Gardening with Chickens: Making Compost (It’s Free Fertilizer!)
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by gscadmin
3y ago
When you have chickens, there’s no need for commercial fertilizers. [Photo courtesy of Gardening with Chickens/Voyageur Press] [Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three blog posts featuring excerpts from Lisa Steele’s book, Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens. Read the first post on Getting Started and the second post on Garden Pest Control.] There are three main ways chickens can help with composting in the garden. You can integrate your chickens with a compost pile, let chickens act as a go-between when it comes to food waste and the garden, and hel ..read more
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Gardening with Chickens: Pest Control
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by gscadmin
3y ago
[Photo courtesy of Gardening with Chickens/Voyageur Press] [Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three blog posts featuring excerpts from Lisa Steele’s book, Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens. Read the first post on Getting Started and the third post on Making Compost.] As you’d expect, my first recommendation for controlling insect pests in your garden is using your flock of chickens. Now, it’s important to realize that chickens don’t discriminate between the good and bad bugs. They’ll eat the heroes and the villains. But in the long run ..read more
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CedarLast Raised Bed Makeover: Installation Day
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by gscadmin
3y ago
[[Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of posts from Carrie Bettencourt about her backyard makeover. Read the first post describing the makeover project and second post on seed starting.] Preparing the space was the hardest part of our garden conversion, but worth all the effort. We moved more than 30 wheelbarrow loads of soil to level the area — whew! I kept telling myself it was a one-time job that would not have to be repeated once done right. An enthusiastic husband is not to be underrated! The CedarLast Raised Beds and Obelisk arrived in separate, easy-to-move boxes, with every ..read more
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Gardening with Chickens: Getting Started
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by gscadmin
3y ago
[Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three blog posts featuring excerpts from Lisa Steele’s book, Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens. Read the second post on Garden Pest Control and the third post on Making Compost.] Good fences make good neighbors — and good chicken blockades. [Photo courtesy of Gardening with Chickens/Voyageur Press] Chickens and gardening go hand in hand. A garden can provide your chickens with lots of nutritious, inexpensive treats to supplement their regular feed, while their activities — scratching for bugs, loosening ..read more
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CedarLast Makeover: Seed Starting
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by gscadmin
3y ago
[Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three posts from Carrie Bettencourt about her backyard makeover. Read the first post describing the makeover project. Read the about third post about installation day.] I am not an expert on seed starting, but I am a total convert to the process. So much so that I envision myself starting seeds year-round now — nothing like going from zero to all in! Don’t get me wrong, I have started seeds in the past, but I gave it a half-hearted effort and had mixed results. Carrie started most of her plants from seed. So what brought on this change of he ..read more
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Lawn-to-Garden Makeover with CedarLast Raised Beds
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by gscadmin
3y ago
A longtime customer and product tester for Gardener’s Supply, Carrie has transformed her struggling lawn into a thriving kitchen garden with our new CedarLast Raised Beds and Obelisk. [Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three posts from Carrie Bettencourt about her backyard makeover. Read the second post on seed starting and the third post about installation day.] To start this story I have to start at the ending — otherwise all the crazy details might not mean so much. Today I have a fabulous garden filled with beautiful cedar raised beds. Wow! Before the makeover The story s ..read more
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4 Ways to Green Up Your Gift Wrapping
Gardener's Journal » Vegetable Gardening
by gscadmin
3y ago
It’s the season of gifting and giving! As gardeners, we like to reflect our love of natural things in the gifts we share. But what about the gift wrap? There’s no doubt that beautiful wrapping can add mystery and excitement to a gift, and you can make thoughtful choices that are kind to the earth. Here are some ideas to make your gifts a feast for the eye without feeding the landfill. 1. Get Krafty. Use easy-to-recycle paper, such as plain brown kraft paper, and dress it up with your own designs. Decorate the surface with rubber stamping, drawings, or collage. Kraft paper pairs naturally with ..read more
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