by Tom | Jan 31, 2017 | Gardening
Do you remember the very first time you walked into a big box home repair store after you purchased your first house and had a project the needed to be done? You WANTED something specific to get the job done, but the aisles and aisles of endless products (and...
by Tom | Nov 8, 2016 | Gardening
Extending the Garden Season: Frost Protection Not ready for frost and cold weather to wipe out your garden and other plants? Me neither, especially when we are having such a mild Fall! Typically in September and October, the weather can get very unpredictable here...
by Tom | Oct 1, 2016 | Podcast, Urban Farming
https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/b0fd18a6-4edd-4b76-b0fd-8c7916d10787/99d5959d-a69b-468d-bbf5-63876957deed.mp3 Download (69.6 MB, 1 hr 14 mins) Vertical Gardening with The Plant Charmer Part 2 This is Part 2 of my epic interview with The Plant Charmer. If you...
by Tom | Sep 28, 2016 | Gardening
Hybrid Rain Gutter Grow System Update – 9/28/16 Fall is officially here: leaves are changing; temperatures are cooler; farmers are in their fields harvesting crops. I can’t believe that summer is gone and rapidly becoming a distant memory. I have to say,...
by Tom | Sep 24, 2016 | Gardening
Garden Update 9/23/16 Welcome to the first day of Fall! I am typing this as a steady rain is falling, and it really feels like Fall has arrived here in Minnesota. We have cooler temperatures, leaves have started to change, and farmers have started harvesting...
by Tom | Jul 20, 2016 | Gardening
Vertical Garden 102: How to Build a Vertical Garden In my recent Vertical Garden 101 post, I introduced the two kinds of vertical gardens that I used here at Small Scale Life: trellis systems and rain gutter systems. Both systems are easy to construct, and in this...
