August 2014
- 08: Leaning Tower of Potatoes (8)
July 2014
- 11: Return of the Shaggy Parasols (16)
June 2014
- 26: Buried in the Garden (6)
- 25: Dandelion Pesto (3)
- 24: The blog breathes again… (2)
July 2012
- 09: Too Many Spruce–? (14)
May 2012
April 2012
- 15: The (Nearly) Weed-Free Garden – Podcast #30 (13)
- 09: More Space Than You Thought – Podcast 29 (3)
March 2012
- 29: Be kind to your knees. And don’t believe everything you read on the internet. (7)
- 26: Polyculture all the Way – Podcast 27 (0)
- 19: Podcast #26 Minding Your Manure (0)
- 18: Mucking about in manure–theoretically (5)
- 15: EarthMinded RainStation: The ultimate rain barrel? (3)
- 05: Podcast #24 From Seed to Seedling (0)
February 2012
January 2012
- 31: Podcast #19 – The Way It Works: Compost Science (3)
- 16: Coleslaw, anyone? (8)
December 2011
- 23: King Corn: an exposé with a light touch (5)
- 19: Podcast #13 – Notes and Links for “Turning the Tables: Organic Farmers Sue Monsanto” (1)
- 16: Upcoming podcast: Organics vs. Monsanto (1)
- 15: A Recipe for Childhood Obesity (1)
- 01: Podcast #7 – Permaculture: Everything Counts (3)
October 2011
- 24: The Manic Gardener PODCAST (3)
- 23: A new look for the Manic: Comments, please! (5)
- 17: Podcast #4 – Fall Garden Tasks (1)
- 10: Podcast #3— Steps Towards Sustainability (0)
- 03: Podcast #2 – No Small Potatoes (0)
- 03: GBMD: What every gardener knows (6)
September 2011
- 26: Podcast #1 – From the Ground Up (0)
- 05: Plot 3: The Weedcloth Solution, or, how to get a crop on a weedy plot (10)
August 2011
- 26: What’s wrong with this picture? (7)
- 23: Summer fruit: strawberries (6)
- 14: Time away (4)
- 12: Time out (4)
- 07: Introducing my son, Brook (7)
July 2011
- 30: Plot 2: Next door bindweed plot (4)
- 19: Plot I: your basic dig and amend situation (9)
- 06: Kale feast (7)
- 05: Plant plots or die! (10)
June 2011
- 06: Fall work in spring: Let the earthworms do it! (8)
- 02: Basement garden harvest: the rudest carrot (17)
May 2011
- 29: Yesterday's omelet (1)
- 29: Extra, Extra! Missing download cable found in husband's possession! Blogging once again possible! (2)
April 2011
- 21: Toronto gathering for Dad: IV From Trickle to Flood (3)
- 20: Toronto gathering for Dad III: Uncertain Plans (0)
- 20: Toronto gathering for Dad II: Unremembered (0)
- 19: Toronto gathering for Dad I: Reversal (0)
- 18: Wild weather in Toronto (0)
- 12: Master Gardening Class #1b: Soils (10)
- 11: Master Gardening Class #1a: Logistics (5)
- 05: Montana moments: corn growing in your what? (7)
- 01: Stopping the Mega Load Mega-Madness (1)
March 2011
- 31: News flash! Organic farmers take on Monsanto (5)
- 29: Large-scale Bokashi??!? (5)
- 28: Bozeman welcomes Rick Bass and the Bioneers (0)
- 20: Back in the saddle again— (4)
February 2011
- 26: Love, death and the garden (9)
December 2010
November 2010
- 30: Plum good plum bars (3)
- 29: Thanksgiving garden fare (0)
- 17: Winter is a-coomen in… (3)
October 2010
- 27: On injury and idiocy (6)
September 2010
August 2010
- 24: Chanterelles! August foraging I (6)
- 05: Calling all tomato experts: help! (11)
July 2010
- 30: Minnesota is not Montana (5)
- 11: We’re going to need a bigger harvest basket. (9)
- 09: Gardening should get you dirty (2)
- 06: Back Yard Mushrooms + The back-story, 2: The Fall (2)
- 01: Injured in the line of duty (5)
June 2010
- 30: Chicken Little was right… (2)
- 18: The back-story, I: Bicycles (2)
- 11: Down the garden path (1)
- 08: My father’s stroke (2)
- 08: My father's stroke (0)
May 2010
April 2010
- 29: That’s how I roll: slowly (4)
- 22: Easy Earth Day Action (3)
- 19: Soil Blocks #3: Rocky Horror Picture Soup (2)
- 15: Soil blocks #2: How to, Q & A (4)
- 08: It’s found sculpture—it’s a 3-D Rorschach test—no, it’s soil blocks! (3)
- 01: Home-grown greens in March (7)
March 2010
- 24: A hefty discount, but whoa, Nelly! A weighty shipping fee (1)
- 16: Organic lawn care: a matter of definitions, or a moral dilemma? (10)
- 15: Bozeman home and garden show: not so much (7)
- 03: Awards, accolades, aclaim, etcetera (3)
February 2010
- 13: Discount offer (& book review) for Growing Stuff (4)
- 12: Origin and Evolution of “You go sleep in the garage.” (2)
- 11: Return of the potato specialist: Abdoulaye of Mali (4)
- 04: Wildlife stalks the city (12)
December 2009
- 10: A New Low: cold snap in Montana (13)
November 2009
- 30: Please welcome–my new knee. (17)
- 05: Product give-away standards–help! (12)
October 2009
- 27: Holy smokes! (7)
- 26: Hot compost, anyone? (5)
- 21: Table scraps to the rescue! SF leads the way (12)
- 14: Whatever happened to autumn? (7)
- 13: GBMD Lia Purpura, “First Leaf” (4)
September 2009
- 10: A belated thanks, Fork ‘n’ Monkey (together with an extended digression on national anthems) (7)
August 2009
June 2009
- 25: Blogging pause (13)
- 19: Crazy Weather (5)
- 11: Ups and Downs (2)
- 07: So—which season is this? (10)
May 2009
- 23: Blow by blow: compost tumbler assembly (3)
- 16: Belated update: prairies and garden plots (5)
- 06: Non-compost-mentis (10)
- 04: BGMD In Praise of Seasons (0)
- 03: Spring birds (4)
April 2009
- 23: This is the lounge where Kate lay (16)
- 21: Belated birthday post (8)
- 17: Category: Up for Grabs (6)
- 17: Category: Enough already! (0)
- 17: Category: The Kitchen Sink (2)
- 17: Category: What’s Missing? (2)
- 17: Compost Challenge: What’s wrong with this article? (7)
- 17: Compost Challenge: What's wrong with this article? (0)
- 16: About me (2)
- 16: Contest Judges Held Hostage to Herman’s Hermits (2)
- 16: Contest Judges Held Hostage to Herman's Hermits (0)
- 14: Contest on the way–try it if you dare (12)
- 08: You’re feeding them WHAT? Well, antibiotics, hormones, and — HEAVY METALS? (23)
- 08: You're feeding them WHAT? Well, antibiotics, hormones, and — HEAVY METALS? (0)
- 08: Product evaluation: stepable lawn aerator (10)
- 07: They found me! (12)
- 06: GBMD: somewhere i have never travelled (0)
- 03: Shake or be shaken: see the big screen (13)
- 01: Minnesota Spring: GBMD, approximately (8)
March 2009
- 29: Shake yo’ compost screen (13)
- 29: Shake yo' compost screen (0)
- 22: Plant Power: Phytoremediation (Arsenic in soil, Part III) (17)
- 18: Readers’ Questions: Arsenic from pressure-treated wood, Part II (13)
- 18: Readers' Questions: Arsenic from pressure-treated wood, Part II (0)
- 17: Readers’ Questions: Arsenic from pressure-treated wood, Part I (12)
- 17: Readers' Questions: Arsenic from pressure-treated wood, Part I (0)
- 12: So—what exactly is an Heirloom, anyway? (20)
- 10: Plea to Preserve the Gardening Past (5)
- 09: Dead, dead, definitely dead (13)
- 08: Touch Your Tomatoes: thigmomorphogenesis (8)
- 06: Spring? You’ve got to be kidding! (19)
- 05: Bozeman Explosion: this is not a metaphor (10)
- 04: Taste of Summer in March (8)
February 2009
- 26: Updates: Of weather and health and typos (6)
- 24: On Wasting Time (3)
- 23: Compost, trucking, and other garbage (4)
- 22: Aphid Alert II: Indoor tomatoes (2)
- 15: MS flare-up lays the Manic low (18)
- 04: Doing it Right: Pearl Fryar’s Vision (20)
- 02: Acidic Oceans? Keep Gardening! (4)
- 01: Greenhouse construction (6)
January 2009
- 29: Greenhouse Blues (9)
- 21: Compost vs. Arsenic: And the winner is–compost! (16)
- 19: Er–coal ash as a soil amendment? (8)
- 15: Coal ash in the garden? (18)
- 10: Thanks to James, the White Knight of the Black Pitt– (4)
- 09: For arsenic-free water, pull up your compost socks. (5)
- 08: Flags at half-mast, please–the Garden Monkey retires (3)
- 07: A play starring—the potato? (0)
- 06: Elizabeth: a close call (6)
- 04: the return of the manic (5)
December 2008
- 16: The Wrinkled American: Tumble Dryer Addiction (16)
- 14: Cold snap (9)
- 07: Aphid Alert! Indoor tomatoes–again. (5)
- 05: Transforming Black Friday (3)
- 03: Compost tools: Rage against the machine (10)
- 02: Compost auger: a rant (10)
- 01: Secrets of hot compost in winter–I think. I hope. (7)
November 2008
- 30: Hot compost anyone? Read it and weep (11)
- 29: Eating Crow (7)
- 26: Montana’s big moment–and big tree (revised) (12)
- 23: Compost to control plant diseases (revised) (10)
- 20: News Flash: Pine Beetles devastating US Forests (9)
- 17: BGMD: Whitman’s “This Compost” (10)
- 16: Pesticide “Inert” Ingredients–Not so much. (3)
- 14: Tangled in the Web: Pesticide Research (11)
- 07: Needed: a little madness. Or, Sock war history revised–get a life, Kate! (18)
- 05: “They said this day would never come…” (17)
- 04: Long grass leads to long sentence (8)
- 02: Down the garden path: Last summer’s major project (7)
October 2008
- 30: How green can you get? Hager’s Thin House Project (4)
- 28: And the Arte y Pico awards go to– (10)
- 25: And you thought YOU were putting on weight– (15)
- 24: Nitrogen Deficit: Thomas Hager’s “Alchemy of Air” (9)
- 23: Favorite Blogs #1: The Great Garden Monkey (10)
- 21: From “dastardly” to “divine” (11)
- 20: Potato Harvest in a Teacup (5)
- 18: Cat-lovers of the world–unite! (4)
- 17: Soil + sand = cement? Not so much. (8)
- 17: Sympathy to Canadians– (11)
- 16: “Bold and Beautiful” is Right: James Alexander-Sinclair’s Flower Book (7)
- 14: Aw, shucks: Blotanical Awards (1)
- 13: Monday Muse: Black Rook in Rainy Weather (1)
- 03: A Sister’s Death (23)
- 02: Home from Newfoundland (2)
September 2008
- 24: Newfoundland #2: Wrong again, Kate (2)
- 21: Hail Damage: Potato double reprise (0)
- 18: Bare-stem Potatoes: reprise (2)
- 14: Newfoundland #1: gardens gone missing (2)
- 11: Bindweed #3: Beating Back the Bindweed Jungle (6)
- 10: Okay, so I lied. (1)
- 04: Bindweed #2: Digging it out (5)
- 03: August Singularity (6)
- 02: Bindweed, garden enemy #1 (2)
August 2008
- 24: Beautiful but Dangerous (6)
- 18: Monday Muse: “Beauty is its own excuse for being.” (4)
- 17: GTS: On the Nature of the Beautiful (4)
- 16: Why I haven’t been posting recently: (6)
- 16: Why I haven't been posting recently: (0)
July 2008
- 28: Monday Muse: Kudzu is Coming– UPDATED (5)
- 27: Run! Run for your life! Kudzu is coming– (revised) (9)
- 26: Bare-Naked Potato Stems: advice needed– (7)
- 24: Post-garden post: Lettuce, anyone? (6)
- 23: Post-Garden Post: Garden? What garden? (5)
- 22: I Used to Have a Garden, or, So who needs lettuce? (12)
- 22: Fertilizing the Earth to Death: Thomas Hager on Nitrogen (7)
- 21: Monday Muse: Wayward Wayman Again (0)
- 18: Tagged by Victoria, who may remember in future to be careful what she wishes for. (13)
- 16: Ashes: Almost the Perfect Lawn Amendment (5)
- 10: Truce Just In Time: “Speech! Speech!” (16)
- 09: Obama Defends Forests (3)
- 09: The Great Transatlantic Sock Wars: An History (0)
- 08: Dueling Limericks: so there, VP! (14)
- 07: GBMB: Vegetables and Politics (2)
- 06: Green Thumb Sunday: the lovely columbine (12)
- 03: Dueling Bloggers (20)
- 01: GBMD: Woodchucks (6)
June 2008
- 30: WHY Decomposition Uses Nitrogen (or, What I Learned Today #2) (6)
- 29: Done at last– (1)
- 16: Green Thumb Sunday: Larkspur in the Rock Garden (8)
- 16: Blogless for a Day–Horrors! Or, Eric to the Rescue (2)
- 10: Soliciting Advice: What to call the meme of ignorance? (2)
- 10: The Worst Amendment for Lawns: Sawdust. (Or, What I Learned Today #1) (6)
- 07: Chard Gone Wild = Garden Omelet (2)
- 06: What’s for lunch? Dandelion Salad (8)
- 05: A Lighter take on Heavy Metals (6)
- 03: Heavy Metals in Wood Ash–?? (8)
May 2008
- 30: While the gardener’s away, hot pepper holds the fort–mostly. (2)
- 28: Bowing to the Inevitable (6)
- 27: And how did you spend YOUR morning? (A Nightmare, revised) (6)
- 26: Creative (?) chaos– (0)
- 25: The Blessed Rain (8)
- 25: Renovating My Lawn: ready, set–wait. (3)
- 23: Northern Lawns, Made in the Shade (1)
- 21: Blame Blotanical–it’s not my fault! (10)
- 19: HELP WANTED–2nd Year Onions? (6)
- 17: Algae Blooms, Red Tides, and Dead Zones–another reason to go organic (1)
- 16: News Flash: Synthetic Fertilizers Contribute to Global Warming–another reason to go organic (3)
- 15: Just for a laugh, check it out (4)
- 14: While the gardener’s away, the cats will play (6)
- 13: Palimpsest: spring poem (2)
- 12: Of Snow, Global Warming, and Bears (5)
- 12: Time’s winged chariot drawing near (0)
- 09: Spring has sprung? (1)
- 08: Spring has Sprung in the Organic Greenhouse (0)
- 07: Vindicated Again: Protecting Seeded Areas with Row Covers (0)
April 2008
- 28: Organic Pest Control: Vacuum-Cleaner at the Ready (7)
- 25: This Cold House: Chard for Organic Indoor Gardening Any Sixty Degree-Day (0)
- 18: Letter from Toronto: The Look of Organic Lawns (0)
- 15: Letter from Toronto: Pesticide Bylaw Not Quite a Ban (1)
March 2008
- 18: Shop-Vac as Organic Gardening Tool: Suck Up those Cinch Bugs (4)
- 17: Weird and irrelevant things I learned on the way to the organic lawn (0)
- 05: Tomatoes, the inside story (0)
- 05: Seattle Arson Lights Fire Under Bloggers (0)
- 04: Indoor Tomatoes, or The Tomato Within (0)
January 2008
- 18: Tomato Soup II (0)
- 16: Tomato Soup (0)
- 15: Musings on the Meanings of Doors (0)
- 08: Tomato Harvest in December (0)
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