Author Archives: dirtynailz

Here’s HerbDoc with some timely thoughts on preparing the soil in your vegetable garden: One of the most important factors in establishing a productive vegetable garden besides a sun drenched site is good soil.  About 12,000 acres in Rhode Island … Continue reading →

For me, there’s nothing more rejuvenating than a long, brisk walk on a sunny afternoon. Gets the juices flowing, and the oxygen traveling to the brain. Blows out the cobwebs. You get the idea. As the title of this post … Continue reading →

This post is by special request. One of our most loyal readers has asked me to write about getting (or persuading) phalaenopsis, or moth orchids to re-bloom, and I am happy to oblige. Better late than never….. My first “phal” … Continue reading →

I received a catalog in the mail this week – another in the seemingly endless parade that arrives daily in our mailbox. I hate to think of the northern boreal forests being destroyed to create this unwanted junk mail – … Continue reading →

Here’s our good friend, Herbdoc, with some interesting veggie garden musings: One of the best things I’ve ever done for my vegetable garden is to install raised beds.  Every year I would contemplate rotating the crops to prevent diseases and … Continue reading →

In this second part of her guest post on bird feeding, University of Rhode Island Master Gardener Program Coordinator, Rosanne Sherry, explains what we should plant to attract birds, and which plants we should stay away from. And yes, I, … Continue reading →

I think most gardeners have an interest in birds, and a great many of us feed them. I hope you enjoy this two part post on what to feed and what to plant for wild birds. It is written by … Continue reading →

I spent a few hours at the Cape and Islands Orchid Society annual orchid show in Hyannis, on Cape Cod, MA. This was by far the biggest show I had ever attended, and I was blown away by the beauty … Continue reading →

At least I think they did… I’m talking about the “Cluster Buster” traps I bought to combat an infestation of cluster flies. I bought two – at a hefty $25  each – (but I was desperate!) and put one in … Continue reading →

That snow I showed you in my last post? Gone. All of it. It didn’t stand a chance when the temperatures rose to about 50F.The only remaining sign we even had snow is a sheen of moisture lingering on the … Continue reading →