Scarlet Lily Beetle – Lilioceris lilii – by Julie Herne
Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) is a relative newcomer to the gardens of the northern states of North America, the scarlet lily beetle may look attractive, but its tenacity and appetite for your lilies will soon cause you to “unfriend” it. Of all the garden pests you might find in your back yard, this is both one [...]
How to Make a Window Farm – Gardening Rhythms
Easy Window Farming. Instructions for growing plants in a small space like an apartment or baloney. How to make a window farm for your own window using only 2 liter soda bottles and a hand full of parts from your garage. If you have a sunny or semi-sunny window, you can grow herbs and plants [...]
Carbon Dioxide Released by Mushroom Mycelium
Carbon Dioxide Released by Mushroom Mycelium can be measured and calculated for the volume of the mycelium present. In a hermetically closed environment, the amount of generated carbon dioxide has be consumed at the same rate its produced, else the system goes out of balance. This information is used to balance carbon dioxide sources with [...]
Fruiting Edible Mushrooms Indoors
Fruiting Edible Mushrooms Indoors for large yields can be difficult. The biggest problem is keeping the newly emerging mushroom moist and away from carbon dioxide. If you ever bought a mushroom brick or loaf from a mail order or super market, your yield can be small if the brink is not kept in the correct [...]
3D Vegetable Garden at Pioneer High School
A 3D Vegetable Garden is different than a vertical garden at Pioneer High School. The idea comes from traditional Chinese gardeners and hydroponics/Aquaponics. In hydroponics and Aquaponics there is a limited horizontal space where plant roots can grow. That means the plant’s canopy needs to be managed in the space above the grow beds. At [...]
Pepper – Giant Szegedi – bell pepper
Originally a variety from Hungary, this variety very hard to find in the United States. Short, fairly compact plants produce good yields of very crisp, thick walled, very sweet peppers that average 4 inches long. Fruits start out white and slowly turn yellow, then orange, and finally turn red at maturity. Fruits stay well on [...]
Snails
Snails are a wet weather pest for most vegetable gardens. They can destroy your whole garden in a few nights. If you do not look to eat Escargot, then here are a couple of methods to control this pest. What to use to Control: Diatomaceous Earth, Copper Strips, Chickens For more information on use, [...]
Water/rain Catchment Building Method
Problem: Make a water catchment system harvesting all of the rain water off the roof. The water is absorbed into the ground. In this part of the country we get about 12 inches of rain per year. (That is not too much). The roof has about 2000 square feet surface area. We start out by [...]
Understanding How to Use Bacterial Inoculants in Your Garden
In healthy soil there is more than 1,000,000,000 bacterium per cubic CM. Bacteria eats sugars excreted from plant roots and give back nitrogen. Bacteria is food for Protists (single cell organisms, sometimes with small tails, called flagella, and they are part of the nitrogen cycle for older, established landscapes). And Bacteria is food for [...]
Understanding How to Use Mycorrhiza in Your Garden
A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic (generally mutuality, but occasionally weakly pathogenic) association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant. This means the plant helps the fungus to grow and the fungus helps the plant to grow. The majority of the plant available nutrients, like minerals and metals, are stored in fungi. Since [...]
Using Succession in the Home Garden
When starting to learn how to make new soil, it is easier to start with Secondary Succession. (Primary Succession would require a lot more water and time. You would have to start with fixing bacteria like cyanobacteria and others). For information on how to make new soil from old and dead soil without compost or [...]
EvaporTransportation – Videos
EvaporTransportation is a concept and a reality where you are minimize water loss on your plants and lawn. The videos shown here help to understand EvaporTransportation and manage it. For more infomration on lawn care, Click here For more information on water management, DIY rain catchment systems and and more, Click here Gardening Rhythms: Water, [...]