Episode-213- Backyard Japanese Beetle Battle – Part 3 – Grape Grapple Grinds Down

It’s been a great summer but not a good one at all for colonies Bee and Cee. What has been able to work well as a result of planning, management and nature has exceeded expectations. Going back to the strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and elderberries to name a few the successes have been many. In the […]

Episode-210- What To Grow On A Quarter Acre

As summer comes to a close even a long close at that it’s important to capture what’s been growing this year because we’re in full production. The lot is small and the total growing space is just about 1,200 square feet or a little less than a quarter acre. With a lot of reading, trial […]

Episode-205- Backyard Japanese Beetle Battle – Part 1 – The Great Grape Grapple Grind

    Among the many plants I am growing in order to create a mini food forest in suburbia are grapes. I used to come across some plates of grape leaves as appetizers when I was a kid in certain settings but I can’t remember eating any. They must be delicious though be cause the […]

Episode-195- Landscape With Edible Gardens And Eat The Beauty

This episode is dedicated to my sister who said she watches these things. Not sure if she was just being nice but it gave me a good excuse to film all the productive gardens in mid June. There are a lot of things growing and ready for harvesting and this year’s gardening will be one […]

Episode-177- Protect Plants From Frost With Mulch And Save The Crops

Today’s video show how I protected my plants outside from frost with straw to save them crops. I was minding my own business when the voice on the radio indicated temps going down to the 20’sF on May 13. What a bummer. Putting up my traditional PVC hoop sets with plastic sheeting is too much […]

Episode-162- Make a Circular Saw Jig For Straight Cutting

In today’s short video I show how I made and employ a straight for accurate circular saw cutting. Before I purchased the  Makita Magnesium 7-1/4-Inch Hypoid Saw I made everything seen at ToDoListHome.com the old fashioned way with a handsaw. It wasn’t easy but I made some nice things like the pyramid planter

Episode-155- Plan For Spring Gardens Now

It’s not too late to get started with great spring garden planning. Today’s video show what and how I am getting ready with hundreds of plants and lots of honey bees. There are a lot of resources at http://todolisthome.com to get you started too. This is a bit of work of course but the longer […]