Posts by Jenks Farmer
Voodoo Gardening
How to protect your garden from thieves in Haiti. Hanging on the tree is a Human Scarecrow. It keeps thieves at bay by tricking zombies into stopping and sitting at night. It calls out to them , Uncle wait for Aunt here! The zombie waits and if a thief comes around the zombie holds him…
Read MoreBare Root Pecan Trees
My Christmas presents came! Bare root pecan trees. I know some of you have read all you can from me about this topic so I’ll just post the picture and give a quick recap. You order now (or in the fall) and at some point in the winter, the nursery ships to you, in big…
Read MoreSleeping Students, Dog Penis Fungi & More from Intern Isaac
I was teaching a college level class the other day when one fella rolled up his jacket, made a pillow, took some sleep supplements, and went right to sleep. I thought, ‘Son; do you know what an ego blow that is to a teacher?’ But I did something else of course. For five weeks I’m…
Read MoreFabulous! Tritellia laxa ‘Queen Fabiola’
Isaac Introduces Himself….
So I guess I should get on it and go ahead and do this blog post. Let’s start off with an introduction. Hi, I’m Isaac Kirwan and I’m the first intern for the crinum lilies. I’m 19, live in Greenville, and I go to Spartanburg Community College for Horticulture. Now most people I talk to…
Read MoreTime or Money
Years ago, Dr. J.C. Raulston did a presentation for me at Riverbanks Botanical Garden which he called Time or Money. It was about how in gardening some people think the later can substitute for the former. He showed that you can plant little plants and take care of them and wait or plant big plants…
Read MoreWhen Modern Landscaping Practices Kill Perfectly Good Plants
I spent the day pulling up thousands of dollars worth of tea olive and other shrubs, then filling a 33 foot long dumpster with them. 15 feet wide and 250 feet long, the shrub border that failed was planted 5 years ago, with really nice plants, by someone else. It’s a shame, it makes me…
Read MoreJenks & Tom’s Road Trip to Raleigh
Serial Internships & Old Dorm Stories
You know how they have classes for college freshmen intended to weed out the slackers? Well, back then, I was a self weeder. After an academically embarrassing freshman year, I left Clemson to do an internship with the Greenery on Hilton Head Island; spraying all the chemicals it takes to keep that fantasy world green.…
Read MoreNew Cover
Hey, We got a new cover for the book! Choosing it has been an interesting experience, I’ll write about it all one day. Today is gardening. Tomorrow morning I’ll write about our new intern. But what do you think? Our professional photographer friend from Augusta, Sharon Wilson took the pic.
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