General – Guide to Organic Gardening

Apr 10, 2014 | Care

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Guide to Organic Gardening Nature grows everything organically. 04-10-14 – Soon we’ll be gardening again, some folks in warmer growing zones already witnessing the emergence of spring bulbs and perennials,...

Let’s Get Rockin’

Nov 1, 2013 | Care

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Let’s Get Rockin’ A funky terraced wall I built and landscaped this spring in St. Paul. Cancellation by the homeowners of the final stage of planting, next week, of fall-dug, three-inch Fall Fiesta® maples...

General – Spring Tuning

May 1, 2013 | Care

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Spring Tuning 5-1-2013 – Spring is marked by myriad means, an alignment of the heavens (Spring/Vernal Equinox), that triggers a date on a calendar (March 20, this year), by the emergence of new buds on...

Fertilizer – Winter Travel Notes

Mar 9, 2013 | Care

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Winter Travel Notes Observations on America, and Gardening 3-9-2013 — February and March are my busy travel months, when I fly around the country speaking at home and garden shows. This means I spend time...

Pruning – Carefree Cuts: How to Prune Shrubs

May 7, 2012 | Care

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Carefree Cuts: How to Prune Shrubs 5-7-12 –People will buy an expensive piece of leather clothing and take it to a specialist across town for cleaning, they’ll pay trained mechanics for simple stuff like...

Soil – Soil Sacrifice

Jan 2, 2009 | Care

RENEGADE GARDENER™ The lone voice of horticultural reason Soil Sacrifice 1-2-2009 — You’ve read it a hundred times, in plant books, catalogs, websites and on plant tags: such-and-such perennial, “prefers well-drained soil containing sufficient organic matter.” As...