They came today. An odd combination of garden implements — a reel mower and a flame thrower. That’s right — flame thrower. My friends at Lehman’s feature a unique weed solution — a propane-powered weed-eating fire machine. Lehman’s calls it a garden torch, except you get the feeling that you’re holding a blowtorch in your [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Reel mower and flame thrower
Posted in environment, garden, simple things, Uncategorized, tagged burn weeds, flame thrower, garden torch, gas lawn equipment, handtools, reel mower, simple life, solar power, wendell berry on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Putting the plants to bed
Posted in garden, vegetables, weather, tagged bedding plants, before frost, garden, growing from seeds, square foot garden, tomatoes on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last Saturday, we put the plants to bed. Literally. So, here they are, three weeks ahead of what we have been told is the last frost date, May 15. We’re taking a chance, but really not so much so. Why? Because we have more plants where these came from. We set out 8 tomato plants [...]
A prayer for God’s garden
Posted in garden, tagged clean up, encourage others, garden, home, manipulated, polluted, prayer, world on April 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I imagine your world, Lord, and feel so small. We’ve messed it up, this beautiful world…just in my lifetime. Like greedy, unappreciative children, we’ve ransacked your gifts…taking what suits us and throwing the rest away like worthless trash. We’ve replaced the real things of life with imitations– plastic homes, plastic food made of artificial ingredients [...]
It’s not that easy being green
Posted in animals, garden, good thoughts, labyrinth, projects, vegetables, tagged Clemson home and garden information center, container gardening, organic gardening, organic soil mix, problem with mulch, raised beds, vegetable garden on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Kermit’s right…it’s not that easy being green! Yesterday we noticed that the mulch we put around our organic raised bed garden last Saturday had turned every blade of grass it touched a very dead shade of beige. What made matters even worse…we had used mulch under each bed to level it. Had we just poisoned [...]
The brush beats the can
Posted in simple things, tagged aerosol cans, classic shaving, lather, save money, save the earth, shave soap, shaving brush, sustainable lifestyle on April 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
You may remember my posts about my new Merkur “1904″ double-edge razor. Not only am I saving money, but I’m getting the shave of my life. Or so I thought until I added a real shaving brush and Col. Conk’s Lime Shave Soap. After switching razors from the Mach 3 Turbos to the Merkur “1904,” [...]
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