Just a few weeks ago, I was reveling in the cool temperatures of Central Texas fall, when the garden began to flourish again after the punishing heat of the summer. Tomatoes, eggplant, jalapeños and even cucumbers flowered prolifically, while my cool season plantings of bok choy and chard were coming along nicely. That’s a sweet…
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Alternative Living Spaces: Gorgeous Renovated School Bus
Architecture graduate student Hank Buttita wanted to build a cabin on his grandfather’s land. But building codes made the project cost-prohibitive, so he bought an old school bus off Craigslist for $3K and set about making it livable (and beautiful!) to the tune of about $6K in improvements. It even turned out to become his…
Baby Fruits — So Much Potential
Is there anything cuter than a baby cucumber? Well, I think a baby watermelon is actually much cuter. And, potentially sweeter. C’mon baby fruits! I’ve had the hardest time with both of these plants as they apparently need much more water than I’d been giving them (at least in our typical-for-this-time-of-year 100° temps. But now…
Homegrown Potatoes
The last week or so, I’ve been scouring the Internet for information about potato diseases and pests. What, I wondered, could be causing my potato plants to wilt with leaves eventually turning yellow and brown. Could it be black leg? Blight? Magnesium deficiency? Then I started to do some math and realized that I’d planted…