Tag Archives: pest control

Preparing for winter bounty by fighting the caterpillars

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

It’s been a little over a year since the Winter Bounty Project got underway. We’re now back to where it all began: watching things that we planted in the last month begin to sprout and grow, and helping them to … Continue reading →

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Protectors of the organic garden

Posted on August 20, 2011 by

As I’ve written before, one of the big differences between winter and summer gardening is pest control. Provided the seedlings we are nursing now stay healthy into the fall, the cold weather will knock back most of the pests we’re … Continue reading →

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Our greenhouse is a no-mammal zone

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

We don’t really know why the deer, woodchucks, and rabbits haven’t been feasting on our greenhouse crops. For about six weeks, the garden has been easily accessible. First the sidewalls were up, and then we rolled the greenhouse off the … Continue reading →

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Rolling Thunder, or A Moveable Feast

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

In previous posts, I’ve alluded to the fact that our greenhouse is on wheels. It’s time to explain how this works and why we did it. The greenhouse is a Rolling Thunder™ model from RIMOL Greenhouse Systems. It is 22 … Continue reading →

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