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    Grubbycup has written 40 posts for Urban Garden Magazine

    Website: http://urbangardenmagazine.com/author/grubbycup/

    Profile: Your "to do" list for the day includes changing the oil in the car, re-staining the deck chairs out back, and turning over your compost pile. All of this is hard, dirty, thirsty work, so you fix yourself a beverage to take with you. Do you take one of the fine cut crystal wine goblets with you? No, of course not, you take that beat up oddball glass that doesn't go with anything, and you go get the jobs done. That glass is a grubbycup.

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    Catnip seed collecting

    By Grubbycup ⋅ July 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    The catnip is dry, and the seeds are ready to be collected.
    If you haven’t been following along, you might want to take a look at where they started.

    The flower clusters have been collected and dried. At this point it is suitable for storage, enjoyed by kitties, or in this case, seed collecting.
    If you look at [...]

    Upside Down Tomatoes

    By Grubbycup ⋅ July 4, 2010 ⋅ One comment

    Upside-down Tomatoes
    I didn’t see any reason to buy a new pot to try it, so I used a old strawberry pot.

    Burbee Big Boy

    I can say that it works, and it is a handy way to use space that I otherwise wouldn’t be.
    However, the tomatoes planted in normal pots appear more robust overall.
    So if it lets [...]

    My First Tomato in 2010: Early Girl

    By Grubbycup ⋅ July 4, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    My first tomato of the season.
    There is something a little special about the first veggies to finish.

    Early Girl

    If you haven’t tried homegrown tomatoes, be forewarned, it will change how you view the flavor of store bought. Tomatoes grown for eating are very different than those grown for shipping.

    Peace, love and puka shells,
    Grubbycup

    Crochet Hydroponics: Part 5

    By Grubbycup ⋅ May 25, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    The second adventure in crocheted hydroponics is doing well enough to flower.
    Day 122
    Although very short lived and sparse, the flowers of this black radish are very pretty.

    The acrylic crocheted netting (left) has held up much better than the cotton trial. In fact it appears to be in good enough shape to wash, and be used [...]

    Half-Cooked Thoughts: Breeding without a net.

    By Grubbycup ⋅ May 25, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    Kits and Cats, boys and girls, gather around, this you are going to want to watch.
    I know enough a lot of you tune in for the silly stuff, and that’s fair, I think it’s fun too, that’s why I do it.
    But like I’ve said before, the only way to make absolutely sure you’ve gone far [...]

    Book Review: Teaming with Microbes

    By Grubbycup ⋅ May 21, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

    Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web

    Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis. Portland: Timber Press, 2006. 196 pages.
    If you are a gardener who isn’t afraid of some food for thought, read Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web.
    It has an interesting premise, and does a nice job of [...]

    Pond Hydroponics

    By Grubbycup ⋅ May 21, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    Spring is in the air, it’s a beautiful day, let’s take some of our experiments outdoors.

    Just outside of La Mancha is a little pond…

    I know that there are plenty of nutrients in the water. I can tell this by the following observations:

    There are plenty of fish in the pond, and plant nutrients are a known [...]

    Half-Cooked Thoughts: Pond Filter or Hydroponic Planter?

    By Grubbycup ⋅ April 23, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

    Grubbycup demonstrates a hydroponic permaculture system that utilizes koi pond water and hydroponic lilies.

    Half-Cooked Thoughts: Eggshell Hydroponics

    By Grubbycup ⋅ April 21, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    Grubbycup demonstrates some basic hydroponics principles using eggshells. Yes, eggshells.

    Seedballing

    By Grubbycup ⋅ April 21, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

    Grubbycup shares his recipe for seedballs, an easy way to spread some love in your community.

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