Those Russians and their wacky lawnmowers! It’s like a sitcom waiting to happen.
But still there were lucky ones, those who were lucky enough to have a lawn to take care of and time to do this. They wanted to have a lawnmower but couldn’t buy it - nobody sold them, again, because all the […]

Ah, to be blissfully pruning your vales, weeding the beds, checking your ‘maters for plumpness, and then to be bitten on the forehead by a bastard horsefly. Such are the rites of late spring. Astonishing that flies are so hardy, that their eggs don’t die out every winter but are renewed every year to pester, […]

The internal combustion engine is cool. It’s loud, it’s got plenty of power, it safely contains and transforms an endless series of little explosions into locomotion, and it’s totally outdated today. I’ll miss it, but we simply must move away from fossil fuels wherever possible, end of discussion. One easy place the everyday Joe can […]

If it’s a particularly sunny day, one might opt for a hat, and strategically-placed sunblock; May 5th has been designated the 3rd Annual World Naked Gardening Day. By, y’know, gardening nudists.
Why garden naked? First of all, it’s fun! Second only to swimming, gardening is at the top of the list of family-friendly activities people are […]

One of the nastiest things an outdoor gardener can discover is that slugs have oozed their way into his patch overnight, fed to their gooey heart’s content, and left their slime all over his produce. Hideous. Makes you run for the saltshaker!
There are, fortunately, lots of ways to deter them, and none require harming the […]

One constant battle home gardeners must face is dealing with unwanted plants and bugs in their well-tended beds. Killing pests is fundamental to a good garden, but weeds are simply plants that you didn’t select. Unfortunately, most bugs and weeds are hardy and tough to kill. That is, without damaging the stuff you do want […]

One thing I hate about living in the city is the constant need, when walking about the residential areas, to monitor my step in order to avoid stepping in dog crap. I think the fines against those who don’t clean up after their dogs needs to be raised incrementally every year until people get it. […]

A few weeks ago we took the opportunity to discuss a new means of disposing of the dead when we focused on the Lifegem, a process by which an individual’s earthly remains are turned into a stone suitable for mounting into jewelry. This being Urban Gardening week, it’s ripe for discussing another, more organic method […]

If you live in the Seattle area, and you’ve been interested in utilizing your yard, front or back, for rearing a bumper crop of cucumbers or such, but your green thumb is browner than humanure, you’re in luck: The Seattle Urban Farm Company will come and garden for you.
If you’re a more hands-on sort but […]

One question that should have been asked during last week’s Spring Cleaning theme, without question is, “what’s under your bed?” It took this morning’s article from Sky.com to bring the matter to my attention.
Long the haven for all things forgotten, hidden, unsavory, or in any other way unacceptable for casual observance, the realm under the […]