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  1. Northern Gnome

    Looking for guidance

    Thanks for all of the responses. I have basic backyard veggie garden experience, but want to have an heirloom veggie garden. I will start some plants indoors and eventually set up a small greenhouse. My learning style is best with structured reading moving from basic refresher to more complex...
  2. Northern Gnome

    Looking for guidance

    Is there a learning center among this site? I am looking for basic articles on various topics to get started as a novice.
  3. Northern Gnome

    Greeting from Northern Michigan

    Thank you. I will look into the specimen. I am finding that it’s tough to find a winter hardy semi-sweet cherry.
  4. Northern Gnome

    Greeting from Northern Michigan

    My garden will be 50x50 and surrounded by welded wire about 5-6 ft. I plan to run a hot wire at the top for moose. For the orchard I will have a solar electric fence set up to keep the moose out. They rarely come within 200 ft of the house. My garden is 201 ft away 😜
  5. Northern Gnome

    Greeting from Northern Michigan

    Thank you. Small world..I, too lived in Keweenaw (Mohawk and Laurium), now in Republic/Michigamee area. The snow isn’t as deep but it’s colder for sure. Good idea to plant from zone 3 as zone 4 seems optimistic, especially with cherry trees.
  6. Northern Gnome

    Greeting from Northern Michigan

    Great! Thanks for the tip :thumbsup
  7. Northern Gnome

    Greeting from Northern Michigan

    Hello from the north. I am a novice gardener with high aspirations looking to become self sustainable for the most part. I dabble in herbs, have had some success with vegetable gardens but am in a new planting zone now so success is hit or miss. I have no idea about technical things like soil...
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