Blog Carnivals Updates
Submitted by tired_gardener on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 12:37.Many of you have seen the Dirty Fingers Blog Carnival. I post the carnivals every month, but it has been a while since I invited people to join, so I thought I'd do that today. I am also hosting another carnival, so I thought I'd mention that as well.
What is a Blog Carnival?
For those that don't know, a blog carnival is basically a table of contents, or a list of related articles that are found on other blogs. They are sometimes broken into categories, and sometimes have a specific theme they follow. Other times they are very general.
Dirty Fingers
Dirty Fingers is a monthly blog carnival. I keep this fairly general, anything eco, gardening, home, cooking, how-to, etc will be considered. The point is that it is something you get dirty doing. You get dirty hands when you cook, when you garden, when you build, so these will all be considered.
To submit an article, visit Blogcarnival.com.
Make It From Scratch
I will be hosting the October 7th issue of Make It From Scratch. This weekly blog is focused on things that are hand made. In living sustainably, we have to learn to make things our selves from local material. That is why I'm interested in this particular blog. It is also often less expensive to do things yourself than it is to pay someone else to do it. That is not always the case, but often.
To submit an article, visit Blogcarnival.com.Dirty Fingers - Issue 6
Submitted by tired_gardener on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 22:13.Tired Garden is proud to bring you the sixth edition of the Dirty Fingers Blog Carnival. This issue is a little smaller than some of the others, because I forgot to set up the carnival until mid month. We still have 7 great articles for you to look though. We even have a couple of great articles that are outside of our normal gardening and housing fare. I'm including these because they do have a component that is sustainable. Read on and be sure to comment on the articles if you see something worth commenting on. This makes us bloggers really excited.
Over fishing has been a major concern for many over the years. Bass Anglers Sportsmen Society understands this and helps in the fight to preserve our waters by educating the fisherman in the society. Check out Bass Fishing Techniques | Bass fishing Tips, Tricks and advice at Bass Fishing Techniques.
Organic is awsome, but you wanna take the next step? Check out Permaculture! This is the way farming should be! Read about Permaculture -- Moving Beyond Organics at { gathering home }. Be sure to watch the video, it is very enlightening!
Seeds are awsome. I love getting the little packets, but I honestly know very little about collecting them. Well, Teri does! Read My Work as an Environmental Biologist posted at Teri's Organic Garden.
Aww, the flower. They are so lovely to look at, but have you ever looked at them closly? I mean really close? Have you looked at their organs? Check out Flowers: the business parts posted at Walking Prescott and you will get your chance to see them from the inside out.
I know you love gardens, or your would not be here. The Smith Family Garden has given us the 3 Steps to the Perfect Vegetable Garden (Part Two). This issue is dedicated to raised beds, but check out the other two steps as well.
Did you know that there are people that will pay you to come do their veggie gardens for you? Check out No dirt under your nails? No tomatoes for you! at Cincinnati Locavore, and then answer the question "If you don't grow it yourself, does it still count?"
A little vacation around India along with a trip to some pretty gardens sounds like fun. What? Those plants aren't real? Find out at Trip to Ooty: Day 2: Part 1: Ooty Lake - Boat House and Thread garden, Ooty at AdmirableIndia.com.
Thanks for reading. Submit your blog article to the next edition of dirty fingers using the carnival submission form at Blog Carnival. Past and future posts can be found on our blog carnival tag page.
Dirty Fingers - Issue 5
Submitted by tired_gardener on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 22:41.Tired Gardens is proud to bring you another issue of the Dirty Fingers Blog Carnival. In this months issue, we have several great entries. It is late here, and has been a busy week, so I'm going to let the entries speak for themselves. Enjoy! Check out all the other blogs, and comment as well. They will appriciate it!
Gardening
Amy L. presents Creating a Butterfly Garden posted at Housekeeping Tips, saying, "A great way to bring butterflies closer to your home is with the construction of a garden that includes plants known to attract butterflies."
Tiffany Washko presents Freedom Gardens - Grow Your Own Food posted at Natural Family Living Blog.
Jeff Tincher presents Lawns Do More Than Make Your Yard Look Good | West Glenmoore, PA - Beautiful. Green. Home. posted at West Glenmoore, PA - Beautiful. Green. Home..
Victoria Evermanpresents Grow Organic Sprouts Sustainable Wisdom For All posted at Victoria Everman :: Sustainable, Creative, Enlightened Living :: San Francisco.
Tommy Smith presents Why Are Your Tomatoes Splitting - Is there hope? posted at Gardening Everyday, saying, "Learn more about this common problem."
Sarah presents Caring for Your Lawn in the Winter | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips posted at Lawn Care Tips, saying, "Even though your grass doesn't need much attention during the winter, it's still important to follow some basic seasonal lawn care guidelines, especially if you live in a cold climate."
Amy L. presents Four Secrets to Growing Indoor Miniature Roses posted at Housekeeping Tips, saying, "Every year, thousands of people purchase miniature roses, only to have them die in a few months."
Matt Johnson presents Terracycle brings earth friendly products to mass market | EnviroHumanImpact posted at EnviroHumanImpact, saying, "We recently ran an article on a relatively new sustainable gardening company called TerraCycle. It has been one of our more popular articles lately and details information on their liquid fertilizer product and all of the steps they take towards sustainable business practices. Note: This is an independent review and commentary as we have no affiliation with the company or any of its affiliates."
Sarah presents Diagnosing and Managing Brown Spots on Your Lawn | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips posted at Lawn Care Tips, saying, "If there are brown spots on your lawn, repairing them and preventing them from returning can be an exercise in frustration."
Pest Control
Jamie McIntosh presents Control Carpenter Bees posted at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog, saying, "No one likes carpenter bees drilling into their decks and homes. However, these insects have an important role in your organic garden."
Victoria E presents Aphids, Bettles and Cabbageworms - Oh My! How to Handle Garden Pests Organically posted at Victoria Everman :: Sustainable, Creative, Enlightened Living :: San Francisco.
Tip Diva presents Top Ten Tips - Treating And Preventing Mosquito Bites posted at Tip Diva, saying, "Ahh, summer. The sun is warm, the water is cool, the flowers are blooming, and unfortunately, the bugs are biting. The worst offender of them all is the mosquito, carrier of pain, itching and possible diseases like West Nile. Here’s how to treat and further prevent bites"
Food
Stephanie presents Basic Canning Equipment posted at Stop the Ride!.
valereee presents Garlic Mustard Dill Pickle Relish posted at Cincinnati Locavore, saying, "This is a great recipe for all those early small cucumbers!"
Thanks for reading. Submit your blog article to the next edition of dirty fingers using the carnival submission form at Blog Carnival. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival tag page.
Dirty Fingers - Issue 4
Submitted by tired_gardener on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 20:51.What a great bunch of articles this month! I'm excited about the turn out and look forward to reading them all. Have a good time reading them, and be sure to make useful comments on the sites that allow it. That always makes us bloggers feel good!
Lawns
We had a lot of lawn posts this month. It must be the right time of year for working on them! I for one am very grateful as I am working on my lawn this year and hope to get it in order. Although I prefer edible plantings, I need space for my daughter and dog to play.
Amy L. talks about some of the advantages of organic pesticides in her Organic Pesticides For A Safe Lawn post at Housekeeping Tips.
How to Care for Your Lawn posted at Home Life Weekly has some great tips. Although the article mentions some non organic supplies, there are many useful tips and we can just replace the herbicides and pesticides with organic methods.
Raimondo Solari talks about how our lawns suck up so much water. There has to be ways that we can still get a good looking lawn without wasting the precious resource water is becoming. Check out the tips at Inexpensive, Eco-Friendly Green Lawn Care posted at Garden Gab.
Sarah at Lawn Care Tips had a lot to tell us about helping our lawns along. Sarah will tell us what we need to know:
Organic Weed Control Methods And Herbicides | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips - Organic methods to keep those pesky weeds from ruining your lawn.
Managing Lawn Care During A Drought | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips - What to do about your lawn during a drought!
Why Is Proper Lawn Clipping Height So Important? | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips - The importance of the clipping height of your lawn
Using Organic Fertilizers For A Healthy Lawn | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips posted at Lawn Care Tips - Many people want to have a beautiful lawn without all of the harmful effects of synthetic fertilizers.
Sustainability
Melanie Rimmer uses a great parable to explain the meaning of sustainability. A must read story that makes it crystal clear what we are talking about. Check out Bean Sprouts: I Believe... posted at Bean-Sprouts.
valereee always gives us great posts. This month she tells us How to shop at a farmers' market on Cincinnati Locavore, saying, "Shopping at the farmers' market is a great way to eat sustainably!"
She also talks about eating locally. I've blogged some about the 100 mile diet, but she does a great job of talking to some of the pros and cons of it. Time, Money, Recipes: Experience is the answer posted at Cincinnati Locavore.
Ever wonder what happens to your trash once it is sent off with the garbage hauler? Well Samir Bharadwaj tells us in The Yellow Rubber Ducks Now Live Down On the Farm at Samir Bharadwaj dot Com.
Hilary Green gives us some information about hybrids on her post, Hybrid Cars Q&A at The Green Motorist.
Gardening
If you have any pets, Vera Lang wants to talk with you about Deadly And Dangerous Plants Your Pet May Find Appetizing posted at Fine Pet Care .com. Before you add a new plant to your house, be sure you know how it might effect your pet if it gets ahold of the plant.
Sonja Stewart presents A Child's Vegetable Garden: Cultivating Fun, Learning, and Responsibility posted at Parenting Squad. I love gardening with Emma, and I highly recommend every parent put together a garden with their child. This article gives some great tips.
Woman Tribune gives us a guide to Planning Your Own Vegetable Garden posted at Woman Tribune. Yes guys, I know it is a woman's site, but the article can still be used by us testosterone driven set. Read the comments too, some people have added to the conversation very nicely.
Brenda Emmett presents Planning Your Flower Garden posted at Her Gardening Blog. She said it well, so I'll let her "Planting a flower garden should be more than just throwing a few flowers into the ground and hoping they will grow. A beautiful flower garden takes a little preparation and planning in advance. There are several things to take into consideration when you are planning your flower garden."
Sam talks to us about our friendly pollinators in The Secret Lives of Bees. Honey, Health and Harvests ! Surfer Sam posted at Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, "The Secret Lives of Bees. About one-third of the human food supply depends on bee pollination. We also use honey and bee pollen as natural food products to promote wellness. Bees are beneficial for everyone. Bees, we can't do without them."
Jamie McIntosh mentions Cutworm Control at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog. Cutworms can devastate your garden, learn some good tips on controlling them.
Tip Diva always has good information for us. Today she is talking to our inner cheap scate. Mine is always taking control, so I'm always glad to find new ways to keep cheap. Top Ten Tips - Cheap Gardening is posted at Tip Diva.
Teri gives us the basics of Saving Small Lots of Dry Seed using calendula as an example on her site, Teri's Organic Garden.
Stefanie Hutson gives us some strange and beautiful pictures in Strange Plants: Plants Too Strange for Grandma's Garden posted at Vat19.com slash Blog.
If you need some compost, but don't have any on hand, talk to Condo Blues and learn How to Make Quickie Compost posted at Condo Blues.
Fun
Garden sheds can be used for so much more than holding your tools. You can write a novel, read one, or write a blog while sitting in one. Andy Boyd presents 20 Creatively Hacked Urban Garden Shed Offices posted at The News In Print, saying, "The garden shed can serve as a way for the telecommuting employee to maintain better boundaries between work and home because it's a separate space away from the rest of the house. It can also be a way to set up an office space that is functional and yet peaceful."
Submit your blog article to the next edition of dirty fingers using our carnival submission form. All of our carnival posts can be found here.
Dirty Fingers - Issue 3
Submitted by tired_gardener on Sun, 05/04/2008 - 08:12.Thanks for stopping by for the April edition of the Dirty Fingers Blog Carnival. We received several good submissions this month. I am sure you will find them all very interesting. I certainly did. Read them all, post comments on their sites, and enjoy!
Lawns
When we talk about lawns, I don't know a whole lot. I wrote my Seeding the lawn entry partially because I needed to learn how to do it in order to seed my own lawn. We have a couple of entries from people who actually know a little about lawn care.
Every year, people spend millions of dollars to purchase commercial fertilizers and mulches for their lawns. Yet at the same time, they rake up the fallen leaves from neighboring trees and put them in the trash. Amy L. presents Using Fall Leaves To Fertilize And Protect Your Lawn posted at Housekeeping Tips.
Savvy lawn owners are interested in imported specialty grasses and exotic species from around the world or for their lawn. Sarah presents Choosing The Right Grass For Your Local Climate | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips posted at Lawn Care Tips. I guess that means I have something else to think about when I start seeding!
Anecdotes
What fun is gardening without hearing the stories other gardeners tell? Jamie McIntosh says Hailstorms can bring devastation to the spring garden in Hail in the Garden posted at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog. A very interesting fact culled from this article that I'm going to have to read more about: “organic soils actually scrub the atmosphere of global warming gases by capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and converting it into soil material.”
SeaBird harvested the last of these orange flowers from the butterfly garden before the summer heat wipes everything out. "I did see at least one butterfly flitting about during the last couple of months". Read From the butterfly garden posted at SeaBird Chronicles.
Seedlings are fun, it is like watching your kids grow. Jen Carlile presents Seedlings are sprouting! posted at Modern Beet, saying, "This is a post from my food-related blog about my summer garden. All of the recipes/posts emphasize locally grown (or homegrown) food."
Advice
When you start seeds, you need containers, but which should you use? nichole halsey sent in You put the lime in the coconut and grow a little seed posted at Bad Human! Don't take chemicals from strangers!.
Sara Ost tells us which plants are Safe Houseplants for Your Furry Secret Snackers posted at Sara Ost. We don't want out little guys getting sick.
Organic matieral is important for your garden. Creating your own compost is cost saving and easy to do Karen Dowell presents Turning heaps not heads posted at Wiggly Wigglers.
Reviews
Sara Ost sent in this review of a planter that hangs on the wall in This Wall Flower Gets Attention posted at ecosalon. This is a very cool planter, I have a wall it would look really cool on.
Growing herbs indoors using aeroponics is a cool way to grow plants withouth the use of soil or sunlight. Andrea presents AeroGarden | Fresh Herbs posted at Kitchen Elixir.
PlantsFarmers call it soybeans, gardeners call it edamame. Soybeans are very popular right now, besides being nutricious. valereee talks about Recognizing rural America: soybeans posted at Cincinnati Locavore.
If you've never foraged for food, you are missing out on a fun activity. valereee presents Foraging: hot new foodie trend, or the hottest new foodie trend? posted at Cincinnati Locavore, saying, "Foraging = the ultimate green gardening!"
Submit to the next issue.
If you have your own garden related blog, please submit it for entry in next months issue. Use the carnival submission form to submit.Dirty Fingers Blog Carnival - Submissions Requested
Submitted by tired_gardener on Mon, 04/07/2008 - 14:52.I have made some modifications to the blog carnival and it is back. First off, it is now a monthly carnival. I was getting a few submissions and am hoping that this will make one larger more substantial edition every month rather than several small ones. I've also altered the guidelines a little. Read below to see the new guidelines.
Guidelines for submitting
- Must be original content.
- Must be appropriate for all ages.
- Must be legal.
- Must be related to gardening or sustainability in some way. Below is a list of some ideas, but there are other possibilities of content I'll accept, as long as I can see how it would be useful to the Tired Garden audience.
- Gardening
- Recycling
- Frugality
- Sustainability
- Eco-Construction and materials
- Must be in English
- No Categories. Categories for each issue will be chosen based on your submissions.
- Multiple submissions are allowed, but I may not post them all.
- I reserve the right to deny posting any article I feel does not meet my audiences needs.
- Please give me a link back as well. (optional, but much appreciated)
How to submit
- Submit, using the BlogCarnival.com submission form at http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_3802.html
- If you have trackback enabled (and you should, imo) please make sure it gets included.
Dirty Fingers - Issue 2
Submitted by tired_gardener on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 10:02.Welcome to the March 29, 2008 edition of Dirty Fingers. We received only a few submissions this week. We are considering cutting back to every 2 weeks, or perhaps once a month in order to have more entries per issue.
Jamie McIntosh presents Cats in the Garden posted at Suite101: Organic Gardens blog, saying, "Teach your cats which parts of the garden are off-limits, and enjoy their companionship outdoors."
Kay Stephenson presents Spring Ephemeral Plant Profile: Rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) posted at Native in the City.
Jeremy Zongker presents 90 Low Cost or No Cost Activities to Entertain Your Kids All Summer Long posted at Destroy Debt.
Thank you for reading! Submissions are requested for the next issued. Submit your blog article to using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Dirty Fingers - Issue 1
Submitted by tired_gardener on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 05:20.Welcome to the March 22, 2008 edition of dirty fingers. This is our first edition and we received some very good submissions for it. Read them all, and enjoy!
Lucynda Riley sent us two fun crafty articles from her blog, A Crafty Nature: Tin Can Herb Pots and Terrariums.
Nichole Halsey entertains us with a discussion of our compulsion to hover over our babies: Simply Irresistible, she's so fine theres no telling where my money went? posted at Bad Human! Don't take chemicals from strangers!.
General
Madeleine Begun Kane presents Yard Yarns (Limerick and Haiku Prompt) posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog. This prompt is prompting us to get our creative juices flowing and write something interesting.
Theodore Pappas asked us to post Seed Banks: The Seeds of Salvation posted at Britannica Blog, saying, "A fine post on ... seeds--and the importance of "seed banks.""
Thank you for reading! Submissions are requested for the next issued. Submit your blog article to using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
Technorati tags: dirty fingers, blog carnival, gardening.
Blog Carnival: Dirty Fingers: Submission Request
Submitted by tired_gardener on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 14:07.A blog carnival is like a magazine for bloggers. Posts are submitted to the carnival, the carnival maintainer sorts through those submissions and posts the best on a list for all to see.
There is a new blog carnival, hosted by Tired Garden. We are requesting submission now. We are looking for articles on any topic where you get dirty. Gardening, construction, outdoors, anything goes, as long as their is dirt involved. Weekly topics will be posted. Articles that are on the topic will get first priority and be listed at the top of the carnival listing. Others will be accepted as long as they are dirt related.
The rules:
1. Must be dirt related.
2. Must be family friendly.
3. Must be original content that will be useful to our readers.
4. Must be in English (or I can't make sure the above are true).
Submission deadline is Wednesday Friday for Saturday issue.
This weeks topic: What's Coming Up?
To submit:
1. Pick your entry. Multiple entries, if they are good, can be submitted. They may not all be listed.
2. Use the submission form at Blog Carnival, or the contact form. Be sure to include you blog title, link, entry title and a link to it.
3. Read the issue when it is released.
4. We would appreciate, but don't require, a link to the issue you get into.
[edited: extended deadline to Friday.]
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