Archive for August, 2008
Pruning Blackberry
Sunday, August 31st, 2008I have a blackberry bush i my garden that has been growing a little wild on it’s own. It’s all over the place as you can see in the picture above. Now I would still like to have many blackberries year after year so I’ll have to prune it. A blackberry bears fruit on one [...]
The Local Weather Conditions
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Just wanted to show you what the weather conditions are like on average in my area:
Usually we have a wet and windy fall and most of the snow falls in January and February. There’s not that much heat around here, so growing oranges are out of the question and melons are difficult. But we’re not [...]
Planning for 2009
Friday, August 29th, 2008I’m starting to take a look at what kinds of vegetables I’ll be growing in 2009. Most of the plants from 2008 I’ll also grow next year, since they all turned out quite well and brought us a lot of food on the table. As inspiration I’ve put together two lists for you to get [...]
Arion… What?
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Will you just look at it?! If this is not a killer slug I don’t know what it is. But - I found information today that explains that what we here in Denmark normally refer to as killer slugs are NOT Arion lusitanicus. So the one in the picture is not Arion lusitanicus. I don’t [...]
9 Ways To Fight Killer Slugs
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Collect them late in the evening and boil them for a quick death
Put out iron phosphate that will make them sick when they eat it
Use copper strips to form a keep-out barrier around beds
Construct an angled fence around your beds
Put out crushed eggshells which they will not cross
Cut them in half with a pair of [...]
Killer Slugs On Copper
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Annie from Edifice Rex posted a tip on controlling killer slugs by using copper. Apparently copper will short circuit their body due to some electrolytic effect, and they will stay away since they will get an electrical shock when they try to cross the copper. I’ve been reading reviews of this method and it seems [...]
Collecting Nutrients From The Soil
Monday, August 25th, 2008A few days ago this bed was planted with corn and peas, as you would see on my garden tour post, but as the bed was prepared late there was not much of a chance that those plants would produce much before harvest. So I gave up on them and cleared the soil in order [...]
What Is RSS And How To Use It
Sunday, August 24th, 2008RSS is the next big thing after raised beds. I think it has something to do with Web 2.0, i.e. the next generation of the Internet.
You have all of these websites, that you visit again and again, because the content is updated periodically. I used to do this and waste a lot of time visiting [...]
Radish Under Attack
Sunday, August 24th, 2008My radish are being attacked by these fellows. I hope I can keep them away next year by using a fine-meshed net but still, if you know what these are, please leave a comment. It would be nice to know who’s eating our vegetables.
Leek Companion Plants
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
After my encounter with the leek moth larva I would like to find out what kind of plants that leeks welcome as their neighbor, also known as companion plants. No, leeks are not supposed to look like the ones in the picture 
They’re infected by leek moth larva.
I couldn’t find any natural companion plants [...]
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