By George! - A Blog!

We naturally get excited when we see the first squash fruit, the first corn cob, the first tomato on the vine, the first bean. In fact we get excited about anything that is “the first”. Usually, we eat it.
But there are good reasons not to–unless you live in a desperate situation. Subsistence […]

Lately there’s been a flurry of interest in re-using domestic water, also known as Grey Water. The Sunday newspaper, at least, had a good article about it but there is a bit more information that should been provided.
It’s important to know that citrus trees are “allergic” to even small amounts of Boron and there […]

I spent the morning raking up damp leaves. They were manageable after a night of gentle rain and it was not hard work. In fact it was pleasurable when compared with dry dusty leaves that seem to evade gathering by a rake and when you try to put them in a bag. Damp leaves […]

When, in your enthusiasm to get a new season’s gardening started, you sow seeds or set out plants in the full knowledge of what they are and where they came from.
For a short time you’ll remember these important facts but most of us can’t tell, at the end of the season, which variety was the […]