Gardening began with the arrival of man on earth. In the beginning, gardening would have been simply a matter of growing enough food to sustain life. Back then, all gardening was frugal gardening and because early man was the pioneer of everything gardening, there was no gardener resource or gardening advice available to him. Imagine for a moment, no ready-made garden tools, no gizmo's, no gadgets, ready to use fertilizers or sprays. There would be no pretty pots, planters or stakes. Watering would be strictly what fell naturally and at the time appointed. Talk about low budget gardening!
| The Garden of Weedin was more than the catching name for my little corner of the gardening world for the past twenty years as early man did battle with all manner plant-life trying to choke out his efforts. In the beginning, man would have known nothing about mulching and weed control. | At first, man knew nothing about organics, companion planting or pest control bugs and may have marveled at the diversity of insects or perhaps cursed them all as he watched his valuable crops being devoured by them. Perhaps, it didn't take long to start asking – what's that bug, as he noticed some bugs being eaten by others and the recognition of pest control bugs began. |  |
Here at the “Garden of Weedin”, we thrive on inexpensive gardening techniques and frugal gardening as more than a necessity, it's a way of life. Low budget gardening and do it yourself home garden projects have been a way of life for the Hillbilly Gardener since long before frugal gardening was a popular “catch-phrase”. It is the way of my parents, grandparents and great grandparents. It is my way. While many feel a sense of need to surround themselves with a lot of ready-made “stuff”, and it has its place, this website extols the virtues inexpensive gardening and offers garden advice to help gardeners and backyard outdoor living folks of all walks of life be able to say “I did t myself”. We also offer pictures of garden ideas to help you understand how we did it.
But what is frugal gardening anyway? Isn't it just low budget gardening, inexpensive gardening or perhaps just plain being a tightwad? Well, frugal gardening could be all of those I suppose. But true frugal gardening is simply not wasting what you have and making the most of everything. Frugal gardening is recycling, finding new uses for what you have and getting the most out of everything. By its nature, frugal gardening is inexpensive gardening because it makes the most out of every gardener resource, including and especially your money. |  |  | Here at the Garden of Weedin, I know the value of keeping notes in my garden journal as a valuable gardener resource and urge everyone to do the same. I use my garden journal as a gardener resource that becomes my own form of garden advice that helps me to grow and improve in my gardening efforts. One thing you will not find here at the Garden of Weedin is “doctored results” as is common on other websites and gardening shows. | When we tell you about our home garden projects or present pictures of garden ideas we have tried, we present it just as it happened – good, bad or ugly. Not all outdoor efforts turn out the way we plan or expect and it is wrong to give the false impression that everything always turns out right. Life is not perfect, and neither are all of the efforts of the Hillbilly Gardener or any gardener for that matter. No matter how well seasoned and/or experienced. Our goal is to give you the basic ideas and provide you with the information to run with it, make it your own and hopefully avoid some of the mistakes I have made. |  |
One of the highlights of each gardening season is the fall here at the Garden of Weedin. We delight in the fall autumn leaves and when the leaves do fall, we treat them as both a source of great enjoyment and a valuable crop to be harvested. As a valuable part of frugal gardening, the Hillbilly Gardener knows the value of this crop of free fertilizer, compost material and winter mulch. The Hillbilly Gardener looks forward to fall, not just for the fall autumn leaves to be gathered, but when the leaves do fall, it is a time for seasoning firewood for a frugal means of winters heat. Seasoning firewood is a mystery for many and concerns over wood insects should be a concern for everyone who heats with wood. Each winter, many homeowners, while seasoning firewood or burning firewood are asking “whats that bug?”, “will it infest my home?”, “is it a danger to my home or my family?”. Seasoning firewood does not need to be mystery and we answer many “whats that bug” questions.  | As any gardener knows, there are always instructions where you need a conversions chart in order to convert measures into a form that fits your needs. Perhaps you need a conversions chart to help you plan and lay out a new planting area or in a building project. We have included a conversions chart for many of the tasks faced by gardeners every day in this website. |
When you're young, it is a normal part of youth to view ones self as “ten foot tall and bullet proof”. In recent years, the effects of doing too many tasks in an inappropriate manner has caught up with the Hillbilly Gardener. Now, I find myself seeking ergonomics help any way I can get it and learning ways of gardening with disabilities. I have found that ergonomics help and effective ergonomically appropriate tools are all to often difficult to find as a gardener resource. Today, ergonomics help for those gardening with disabilities has become an important aspect of the Garden of Weedin and passing this information on to our visitors has become an important goal of this website. All to often, gardening with disabilities is not considered because truly effective garden advice, methods and tools are not available and therefore gardening with disabilities is not considered as possible. This is a shame, because gardening is well known as an effective means of providing effective therapy and exercise for those dealing with any form of disability. While the methodology may change, gardening with disabilities does not need to be an insurmountable obstacle to enjoying your backyard outdoor living pleasures. the "Hillbilly Gardener" |  | Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people
who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. ---Samuel Langhorne Clemens [Mark Twain] (1835-1910) | And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. --- Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936) | Old Farmers Advice... Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time. |
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