Frugal Gardener: Cutting lettuce in March

Red Sails lettuce cut Mar. 2 It was beautiful—the head of Red Sails lettuce I cut Friday when Ellen said we needed lettuce for ou…

Super Bowl Sacrifice

Red Sails lettuce in mini-greenhouse, Feb. 5 Ellen and I were assembling ingredients for our Super Bowl treat—a six-layer dip. Gu…

Got a new tool for Christmas!

Got a new tool for Christmas! It’s a multi-purpose garden knife from Jackson Tools , the professional tools division of Ames True…

Frugal Gardener: Greenhouseperhaps becomes mini-greenhouse

Frosted greenhouseperhaps after December 29 flurries We’ve had temperatures as low as 22°F and snow flurries in late October and …

Cutting lettuce in December

Simpsons Curled (left) and Red Sails lettuce cut December 2 We’ve had many hard frosts during the last few weeks.  One morning th…

Winter crop that never fails

Rutabagas ... eaten Thanksgiving guests have long since departed.  We’ve just about liberated all leftovers from our refrigerator…

Frugal Gardener: My $13.67 greenhouseperhaps

My $13.67 greenhouseperhaps Finally one of my dreams has come true: I have a greenhouseperhaps.  I bought it for $13.67 at Wal-Ma…

Minimizing aches & pains

In recent years I’ve tried to find ways to prevent aches and pains from my garden work. Here are four things that work for me and…