Posts by Travis
How I Created A Self-Sustaining Garden
Recently, I attended a conference where Jean-Martin Fortier and Joel Salatin spoke. It was a great experience meeting people interested in the same things as me. Of course, the main topic of the convention was growing plants and animals to sell at a market (market gardening/farming), but almost everyone there was an avid gardener as…
Read MoreProduct Scouted: Barebones Hori Hori Knife
Are you ever in need of a sharp, portable digging tool that can also serve as a knife, twine cutter, bottle opener, measuring device, or stake hammer? If your answer was yes to even one of those questions (even the bottle opener), then you must check out the Barebones Living Hori Hori knife. The name Hori…
Read MoreFive Tips For Scouting Out Plants On A Budget
Imagine a candy store filled with all of your favorite candies, but only having the money to buy one. How would you go about choosing the right one? What if you wanted multiple types or couldn’t decide? Ahh, the frustration! This is the same sort of dilemma that many budget-conscious gardeners run into on their…
Read MoreIs Time An Issue? Take The Ten Minute Challenge With Me!
Whew! Life has been busy. Between school, keeping up my garden, writing posts, working a part-time job, taking photos, editing the photos… you get the idea. Since I’ve been so short on time, I took a brief stroll through my garden today to see what was happening. Can you believe that in just a couple…
Read MoreFive Underutilized Native Plants For Your Garden
Happy Earth Day everyone! To celebrate the beautiful world we live in, I visited my local nature preserve and and gathered some pictures of five cool native plants that are underutilized in the garden setting. I will keep the writing brief – this will be a mostly visual post. Here we go! Cinnamon Ferns…
Read MoreGarden Photography: A Short Rundown of What You Need To Know
I have always been fascinated with plants. I have always been fascinated with photography. Put them together and what do you get? Plant photography (surprise!). Since this is such big part of my life, I figured that today is the day that I finally share some tips and tricks for photographing your garden. Although I’m…
Read MoreWhy Do Trees Leaf Out?
This is a question that fascinates me. When I look around in spring, I notice that although the maples and the magnolias are out, the hickories and sweet gums are not. Why is that? Today I’d like to take a shot at answering that question. I’ve figured out there seem to be three major factors…
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