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Turning dirt into soil.

Posted on February 4, 2020 by johnvic8

Looking back over 25 plus years of down-in-the-dirt gardening, there are a number of important lessons that have etched a place in my mind. I hope you will find them worth sharing. I learned that I could do everything right … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged builders sand, compost, cow manure, garden soil, Greensand, micorrrhizal fungi inoculant, PermaTill, pine bark, soil conditioner, soil recipe | 6 Comments

A Friday Walk in the Woods

Posted on August 29, 2014 by johnvic8

One of the main attractions that encouraged us to select the location on which to build our house was the presence of a wooded area at the back of the lot. It is a permanent “green space,” so our view is … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Nature | Tagged acorn, American cedar, Aucuba japonica, Autumn fern, Becky daisies, brush pile, Camellia japonica, compost, Cotinus coggygria, Debutante, dogwood, Dryopteris erythrosora, Encore azalea, Euonymous americanus, flood plain, fringe tree, green space, Hearts-a-bustin', hickory, honeysuckle, Korean boxwood, loropetalum, moss, oak, purple barberry, raspberry, redbud, sassafras, sea myrtle, Smoke Tree, Strawberry Bush, stream, sugar maple, sweet gum, tulip poplar, Virginia creeper, Virginia sweetspire, wild cherry, wild grape, winged elm, woods | 8 Comments

The Spring Debate

Posted on April 16, 2014 by johnvic8

I am faced again with the semi-annual debate with my wife about when to change from winter to summer annuals in our two dozen or so pots. I captured this recurring ritual in our lives in Guess What’s in My Garden! when I wrote about “The … Continue reading →