If you have tender plants on your porch or patio that need to spend the winter indoors, some of them are probably in big pots. At my house, I bring in about a dozen large pots containing agapanthus, bamboo, phormium, colocasia and a fig tree. Pot Lifter If you have tender plants on your porch or patio that need to spend the winter indoors, some of them are probably in big pots. At my house, I bring in about a dozen large pots containing agapanthus, bamboo, phormium, colocasia and a Read more [...]

If you're shopping for shallots, you'll find they are quite a bit more expensive than garlic. That's one good reason to grow your own. Shallots combine the best qualities of onions and garlic. Their flavor is more interesting than an onion and milder than garlic, which makes them well-suited to salad dressings, delicate sauces, eggs and fish. When fully cured and ready for storage, the shallot's neck will be totally dry. Some types of shallots produce a head with multiple bulbs, rather Read more [...]

We try to take a day at some point during the fall to shred leaves, the key ingredient for something called leaf mold. We bring all the leaves we have and, if necessary, flag down a few folks going to the drop-off site with their leaves. The Leaf Bagging Helper is a simple device that makes bagging easy. Slide this plastic chute into a standard 30-gal. paper yard waste bag to hold the bag upright and open; lay the bag on the ground and you can rake leaves right up the ramp and into the Read more [...]