Tag: methods

Episode-111- Destroy Evil Squash Vine Borer And Eat More Squash

Tony Teolis July 14, 2012 0 Comments
      Watch this video of the 2012 squash vine borer invasion and learn what I am doing to mitigate damage. I’m pretty fortunate to work with a lot of people who have gardening experience and I always share what is happening in my gardens with them. This year I have been keeping a vigilant watch for the Evil Squash Vine Borer but somehow they slipped past me. I have had to pull 2 of the 6...

Episode-109- Grow More Tomatoes With Trellis

Tony Teolis July 4, 2012 0 Comments
           Tomatoes are America's favorite vegetable or fruit to grow at home. The first time I grew tomatoes I didn't know what I was doing. I had successfully sprouted my first plants from seed but they soon turned spindly with just a long stem and a little leaf but they soon died. I was gardening in a very reactive manner without knowledge or experience. I used to think all that was...

Episode-103- Lawn Care For Dead Patch With Hugelkultur Swales

Tony Teolis June 20, 2012 0 Comments
This is how I repaired a long term dead patch of lawn with swales built hugelkulutr style. New Growth in just 3 weeks! This used to be an unsightly ugly dead patch of nothing. Everything green now used to be just plain old dead dirt. The right soil mix, the right seeds, hugelkultur and the right amount of water catch and store and behold. Life where I couldn't green anything for three years....

Episode-102- Make Gardens With Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables And Honey Bees

Tony Teolis June 18, 2012 0 Comments
Tour our gardens with today’s video and see for yourself what is possible with planning, hard work, hugelkultur, seeds from SouthernExposure.com and plants from NourseFarms.com. Of course special credit goes to the gardens hardest workers. The Russian honey bees from Kellysbees.com. enjoy and come back for more. The video for today is one I took of the 18 plus gardens that I have created...

Episode-98- Grow Strawberries And Make Strawberry Jam

Tony Teolis June 4, 2012 0 Comments
           Since it is spring /early summer in northern Virginia a lot of the episodes have been of the permaculture gardening flavor but I assure you that it is all for making a better life. In this kind of weather I want to be outside as much as possible. During the days Monday to Friday I am busy paving the road for the progress of science and not outdoors until the evening. When I am...

Episode-95- Bring Dead Lawn Back To Life

Tony Teolis May 24, 2012 0 Comments
How To Green A Dead Patch Of Lawn  Integrate Rather Than Segregate – “Many hands make light work” By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between those things and they work together to support each other. Every time I attempted to repair the dead patch ended in failure as there was never enough soil or lawn started to hold back the water. As I have been...

Episode-93- Grow More Tomatoes With Vertical Gardening

Tony Teolis May 18, 2012 0 Comments
           How I went from a no nothing backyard gardener to a producer for the neighborhood in just 3 years. I read and listened to others. How to plant tomatoes Why tomatoes and other plants should be trellised Materials for trellising plants. 3/4 inch PVC pipe in 10 foot lengths, 1/2 inch by 2 foot rebar rod, PVC connectors, trellis nets, a helper. How make the trellis The benefits...

Episode-91- Plant Fruit And Vegetables From Nourse Farms Part 2

Tony Teolis May 14, 2012 0 Comments
Nourse Farms located in Whatley, Massachusetts has become part of the establishment at ToDoListHome.com. For three years I have received and planted asparagus, blackberry, raspberry and strawberry from Nourse Farms. This year we received more plants and expanded the plantings with blueberry and elderberry. We also planted more asparagus. This time purple passion asparagus was planted in a 2 foot...