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With our small-ish three-bedroom house and the pandemic bringing grown kids home for longer visits, we found we needed a little extra room. Santia wondered about buying a shed and converting it to sleeping space, like a “she-shed.” But sheds are surprisingly expensive! We like DIY-ing as much as possible (and saving money), and her…
Seed exchange in Salt Lake this Saturday
Kendal from the Utah Gardening Forum at GardenWeb.com organized a seed exchange this Saturday. He created a very nice flyer to advertise the event but had no place to upload it, so here are two versions: Poster version Version with tear-off reminders It’s too bad I can’t make it, but I hope the event goes…
Guerrilla gardening!
I just have to make quick mention of this; I’ve seen this before and meant to post about it, but someone’s comment about planting a tree on their neighbor’s lot made me think about it again. It’s called guerrilla gardening, and there’s a great website about it from England at www.guerrillagardening.org. Especially read the post…
Composting shredded paper and coffee grounds
See the update at the end! Did you know you can compost your shredded paper? It’s great with used coffee grounds! You probably already know that coffee grounds are a valuable addition to your compost bin, but learning about using shredded paper was like an epiphany for me! It feeds my garden, helps avoid adding…
Garden mini-expo was too mini and not enough expo
I don’t think I’ll go to another Thanksgiving Point garden mini-expo. It was much too basic. If you’re a guy like me who reads garden books and magazines and has tried a lot of things in the garden, there just wasn’t much to learn. They had people teaching who were trying to earn their master…
Get outside! Even a little nature helps you stay happy
Do you ever go the entire workday without getting outside or seeing any plants, trees, flowers, and birds? A new study says that just getting outside for a few minutes among some elements of nature will improve your mental well-being and can last for hours. Gardens make you happy! I saw this article about the…