by Tom Girolamo | Aug 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
When people think of native and natural landscapes their thoughts often go to prairie landscapes. However there there are many options for the uses of prairie plants and grasses in your landscape. When comes to native and ornamental grasses; there are varieties that...
by Tom Girolamo | Jul 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
I don’t grow a lot of annual vegetables because my spring is really busy, relying instead on perennial fruit and vegetable crops. Annuals that I do grow, like my harvest of small and fingerling potatoes in the picture, are things that are simple and fast. You...
by Tom Girolamo | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
No, Kathy was not yelling at Tom! Our friends Katrina and Cory needed a lesson in chicken processing in preparation for putting their 150 clover fed meat birds in the freezer. While I have skinned most of my chickens, this project built a fire under me to make a low...
by Tom Girolamo | Jul 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Can raised garden beds be part of a sustainable landscape? I’ve often pondered this question. Cutting down old growth cedar (or even redwoods) to construct them, using lots of other materials and doing a lot of work just to grow a few dollars’ worth of vegetables...
by Tom Girolamo | May 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
You can’t begin to save the planet without first saving the soil outside your back door. Commodity agriculture is hell bent on raising crops using hydroponics – lots of water, lots of fertilizer, lots of pesticides and any soil-like matrix to hold the...
