Growing Backyard Figs

Growing Backyard Figs

Grow Your Own Growing figs in your backyard has lots of benefits. Of course, the fresh figs themselves are first and foremost. It’s nearly impossible to buy fresh figs in some areas of the country, so growing your own may be the only way to get them. Then there’s all of the recipes in which…

Growing Southern Peas

Growing Southern Peas

Vigna unguiculata Southern peas is a name that encompasses all of the different types of cowpeas: California Blackeye (maybe the most famous, but far from the best), Pink Eye Purple Hull, Mississippi Silver, and seemingly endless others. Other potentially confusing generic names for this group include protepeas, crowder peas and cream peas (not creamed peas)….

WORX Tools Review|56V MaxLithium Cordless 24″ Hedge Trimmer
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WORX Tools Review|56V MaxLithium Cordless 24″ Hedge Trimmer

Worx Tools I’ve been contributing landscape themed articles  to the WORX Toolshed blog for a few months, but had never actually used one of their products. For August, the WORX team requested that I write about hedge trimming, and by the way would I like to try out one of their 56V cordless hedge trimmers?…

Harvesting Sweet Potatoes

Harvesting Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes Because I’m lazy, sweet potatoes are one of my favorite crops to grow. It always amazes me how well they can perform in the worst part of the garden, with little or no attention. They always outgrow the weeds and provide a large harvest relative to the area planted. In my metro-Atlanta area, I…