A Gardener's Notebook » Like http://welchwrite.com/agn Come and join me in my garden! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:28:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://welchwrite.com/agn/feed/ Come join me in my garden! Share my trials and tribulations as I garden in Southern California with occasional audio and video interviews and visits to gardens. Douglas E. Welch no Douglas E. Welch agn@welchwrite.com agn@welchwrite.com (Douglas E. Welch) © Douglas E. Welch Come join me in my garden! garden,gardening,outdoors,plants,flowers,grow, gardener, build, make, A Gardener's Notebook » Like http://welchwrite.com/agn/images/agn-artwork.jpg http://welchwrite.com/agn/category/like/ I LIke This in Gardening for January 21, 2012 http://welchwrite.com/agn/2012/01/21/i-like-this-in-gardening-for-january-21-2012/ http://welchwrite.com/agn/2012/01/21/i-like-this-in-gardening-for-january-21-2012/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:36:37 +0000 Douglas E. Welch http://welchwrite.com/agn/?p=972 I LIke This in Gardening for January 21, 2012 is a post from: A Gardener's Notebook

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]]> http://welchwrite.com/agn/2012/01/21/i-like-this-in-gardening-for-january-21-2012/feed/ 0 I Like This – Wine Crate Gardening http://welchwrite.com/agn/2012/01/10/i-like-this-wine-crate-gardening/ http://welchwrite.com/agn/2012/01/10/i-like-this-wine-crate-gardening/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:21:09 +0000 Douglas E. Welch http://welchwrite.com/agn/?p=948 I Like This – Wine Crate Gardening is a post from: A Gardener's Notebook

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]]> This ended up being a very, very popular “pin” on Pinterest.com. You can find my “pins” on my personal Pinterest Page.

The link will take you to the original source of the photos and ideas at the Fennel and Fern blog from the UK. This idea has made me start looking at every cool container I see as a possible garden bed. (LAUGH)

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]]> Nothing like applying a little science and technical ingenuity to make an onerus task easier and faster. I could see this being very useful to a gardener who is trying to site a new plot, tree or home plantings. I have toyed around with using video or time-lapse to accomplish this task, but this is certainly easier and much more accurate.

DIY shade finder tool takes the tedium out of solar surveys

[Steven Dufresne] does a lot of tinkering with solar-powered applications, a hobby which can be very time consuming if done right. One process he carries out whenever building a solar installation is creating a sun chartto determine how much (or little) sun the target area will get.

The process requires [Steven] to take elevation and Azimuth measurements of many different points, which often consumes about half an hour of his time. While taking measurements recently, he started thinking about how he could improve the process, and came up with a stellar solution that reduces the process down to a one-minute task.

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]]> http://welchwrite.com/agn/2012/01/08/elsewhere-diy-shade-finder-tool-takes-the-tedium-out-of-solar-surveys/feed/ 0 Elsewhere: Books: 100 books about the world around us: Nature, science, math, and applied crafts. http://welchwrite.com/agn/2012/01/07/elsewhere-books-100-books-about-the-world-around-us-nature-science-math-and-applied-crafts/ http://welchwrite.com/agn/2012/01/07/elsewhere-books-100-books-about-the-world-around-us-nature-science-math-and-applied-crafts/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000 Douglas E. Welch http://welchwrite.com/agn/?p=939 Elsewhere: Books: 100 books about the world around us: Nature, science, math, and applied crafts. is a post from: A Gardener's Notebook

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]]> Lots of great ideas here for reading online, from  your library or buying. I am adding a lot of these books to my To Read list at GoodReads.com, too.

100books nature

100 books about the world around us: Nature, science, math, and applied crafts.

Sometimes a book is the best way to visit a place, idea, or possibility. Max wants to know how everything- from the hen to a house to a volcano- works. So the world is our oyster. I used an asterisk to indicate the books which can be found for free online. Because so many great and marvel-inducing things can be found for free online.

  1. A Child’s Story of the Animal World by Edward G. Huey
  2. A Practical Guide for the Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell
  3. A Weaver’s Garden: Growing Plants for Natural Dyes and Fibers by Rita Buchanan

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]]> A collection of gardening items I found interesting this week.
  • Seeing Trees – Book Review – October 7, 2011 – This sounds like a good book to curl up with on a cold Winter’s night. I have added it to my Goodreads.com To Read list. Available on Amazon from the WelchWrite Bookstore.
  • Pin and Paper: Recycled Can Lid Plant Markers – October 6, 2011 – Cool addition to any garden, great recycling and great gifts
  • HAWAII GARDENING: DIY Watering Can – October 6, 2011 – Cool and simple way to reuse a container. I have needed a more gently watering can and I think I have some of these empty bottles in the laundry. Project Time! (SMILE)
  • #fleurchat — Help me fill Twitter with daffodil tweets this Thursday – October 5, 2011 – I’m going to try and make this chat, if the boy’s homework doesn’t get in the way. Sounds like an excellent discussion, especially since my daffodils will be coming up in about a month as we are having our first rain of the season today.
  • The Casual Gardener: How To Grow A Vegetable Garden In Low Light – The Story Of a French Potager Kitchen Garden Gone Shade – October 5, 2011 – I will be putting this information to use very soon now. Need to get a potager happening, My wife has been wanting one for a while.

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    Convert a plastic detergent bottle into a serviceable watering can. Great way to recycle!

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  • Watch the Great Pumpkin Grow – September 27, 2011 – Great time-lapse video of giant pumpkin bieng grown

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  • Gardening Books: The one-minute review solution – September 25, 2011 – Some nice reviews and great recommendations for garden books. The book, “Planting the Dry Shade Garden” especially interests me.

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  • Hart’s tongue fern – September 16, 2011 – Hmm, I wonder if this would work in California in the shady parts of the garden. Certainly a nice look.

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