http://www.tallcloverfarm.com Homeward bound on Puget Sound. Putting in a good day on Vashon Island time. Wed, 16 May 2012 17:03:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/5101/how-to-make-a-trellis-for-your-potted-plants http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/5101/how-to-make-a-trellis-for-your-potted-plants#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:32:11 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=5101 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Trellis in a pot and some towering support Every year I lose potted plants to freezing temperatures. Like Charlie Brown, I never learn.  Just as Lucy convinces her favorite blockhead that she won’t pull the football away as he runs to kick it, gardening sources try to convince me that my Zone 8 favorites can [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/5101/how-to-make-a-trellis-for-your-potted-plants/feed 13 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/4456/stone-fruit-rock-your-orchard-trees-world http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/4456/stone-fruit-rock-your-orchard-trees-world#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:33:03 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=4456 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } How to Get More Fruit From Your Home Orchard Trees Talk about firm fruit! Actually these are homemade branch weights I add to encourage fruiting. Sometimes my young fruit trees get out of line, that is they send vertical shoots to the high heavens and leave me standing out of arm’s reach and picking distance, [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/4456/stone-fruit-rock-your-orchard-trees-world/feed 22 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3823/vermiculture-toms-new-can-of-worms http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3823/vermiculture-toms-new-can-of-worms#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 22:13:19 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=3823 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } How to Make a Cheap and Portable Worm Compost Bin Black Gold, Tall Clover Tea: Homegrown worm castings and compost are in your grasp My interest in worms began at an early age when I realized the creatures had special powers; they could make my sister squeal and lure lake fish to my awaiting hook. [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3823/vermiculture-toms-new-can-of-worms/feed 21 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3869/why-compost-glad-you-asked http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3869/why-compost-glad-you-asked#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 15:33:14 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=3869 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Seattle leads the nation in home composting, an impressive development thanks to the City of Seattle and King County’s effort to make it easy and almost second nature for residents to do so. According to King County, over 90 percent of single family households can now recycle food scraps in their yard waste bin, and [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3869/why-compost-glad-you-asked/feed 6 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3253/who-you-callin-a-weed-wench http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3253/who-you-callin-a-weed-wench#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:42:39 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=3253 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Attack of the brambles! See what I go through for a good berry pie. I recently received an email from a friend who has the greenest of thumbs. Michelle of Pacific Potager was sharing information about her latest discovery, the Weed Wench, a miraculous tool that uses simple leverage to pull out the most stubborn [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3253/who-you-callin-a-weed-wench/feed 13 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3105/orienpet-lily-garden-bombshell-va-va-va-voom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3105/orienpet-lily-garden-bombshell-va-va-va-voom#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:12:05 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=3105 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } My two-year-old stand of Satisfaction Orienpet lilies in late July My days as a plant snob are over. There’s room in my garden for both the brash and the understated, for flowers the size of snowflakes as well as blossoms that standout like a chorus line of bodacious beauties.  A marigold deserves my respect just [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/3105/orienpet-lily-garden-bombshell-va-va-va-voom/feed 12 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/1138/trumpet-oriental-lilies-perfection-in-bloom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/1138/trumpet-oriental-lilies-perfection-in-bloom#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:30:22 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=1138 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The phrase to gild the lily says it all. Why would anyone attempt to improve or adorn something that is already perfect. The reference is not intended for the tulip, peony or daisy; it pays homage to the lily–in my mind, a floral gem with few peers.   It’s hard to believe these scaly, bearded bulbs can release such fanciful, fragrant wands. Dramatic, fragrant and easy to grow, lilies are at home in Pacific Northwest [...]

]]> http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/1138/trumpet-oriental-lilies-perfection-in-bloom/feed 11 http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/340/horse-manure-crappy-soil-amendment-for-your-garden http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/340/horse-manure-crappy-soil-amendment-for-your-garden#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:09:40 +0000 Tom http://www.tallcloverfarm.com/?p=340 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } UPDATE: I wrote this post after an afternoon of major weeding. I would like to correct something. Horse, Cow and Chicken manures are awesome soil amendments, but should be properly composted to kill weed seeds and ready it for garden use. Check out these links for the inside scoop and composting poop: Composting Horse Manure [...]

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