Betty’s 2017 Garden Earl Nicodemus June 23, 2017 Betty’s Garden Diary Revisited! Preface Greetings fellow Weelunk gardeners! This is a follow-up to the “Betty’s Garden Diary” series that my wife, Betty, and I published on Weelunk last year. Since we stopp...
Betty’s Garden Diary for November 2016 Earl Nicodemus November 5, 2016 3 It is hard to believe that we started the Betty’s Garden Diary series almost a year ago and that this is our last edition already. In this installment, we will discuss some of the things that we will be doing t...
Betty’s Garden Diary for October Earl Nicodemus October 3, 2016 2 This month’s cover picture shows Sweet Potato plants in bloom. Sweet potatoes are in the same family as Morning Glories, so the blossoms look very similar. Welcome to the October edition of Betty’s Garden Di...
Do You Live in a Sears House? Are You Sure? Earl Nicodemus September 19, 2016 6 Do you live in a Sears or Montgomery Ward house? Was your house built from a kit that was purchased through a mail-order catalog? Are you sure? From 1909 to 1940, Sears Robuck & Co. Sold over 90,000 houses ...
Betty’s Garden Diary for September – The Underground Edition Earl Nicodemus September 8, 2016 2 This is the underground issue of Betty’s Garden Diary. Most of the crops in Betty’s garden have been harvested, but things are still going on. In this installment of Betty’s Garden Diary, we will discuss things...
Betty’s Garden Diary for August 2016 Earl Nicodemus August 23, 2016 Betty's Garden mid-August. The first two plantings of corn have been harvested Welcome to the August issue of Betty’s Garden Diary. In this issue of Betty’s Garden Diary, we will discuss what is happenin...
Betty’s Garden Diary for July 2016 Earl Nicodemus July 18, 2016 3 Welcome to Betty’s Garden Diary for July, 2016! Betty's Garden on July 14, 2016 Things are going well in Betty’s garden. God has blessed us with plenty of timely rain showers, so things are growing li...
Betty’s Garden Diary for June 2016 Earl Nicodemus June 21, 2016 Betty’s Garden Diary - June, 2016 Since June and July usually bring lots of dry weather, most of this issue of Betty’s Garden Diary will be devoted to water management and most of that discussion will be...
Betty’s Garden Diary for May 2016 Earl Nicodemus May 27, 2016 3 Betty's Garden Diary - May, 2016 Several folks have asked why this series is called “Betty’s Garden Diary” if Earl writes it! The reason is that Betty does most of the work in the garden! Our garden is a...
Betty’s Garden Diary For April, 2016 Earl Nicodemus April 23, 2016 Betty’s Garden Diary for April 2016 Betty's Daffodils Blooming in April Spring has arrived, but it did so with a wintry blast during the end of March and first of April. We got Betty’s garden tilled before ...
Betty’s Garden Diary for March 2016 Earl Nicodemus March 14, 2016 Betty’s Garden Diary March, 2016 Spring is just around the corner! In this issue of Betty’s Garden Diary, we are going to discuss selecting a location for your garden, composting, starting bedding plants...
Betty’s Garden Diary for February 2016 Earl Nicodemus February 24, 2016 1 Betty’s Garden Diary February, 2016 Simple Soil Science for Gardeners Betty’s Garden Diary thanks Dr. Michael Nicodemus for his contributions to this edition. Dr. Nicodemus has a PhD in Forestry from Purd...
Weelunk Contributor Honored as “History Hero” Maureen Zambito February 4, 2016 1 West Liberty University Associate Professor and Weelunk.com contributor Earl Nicodemus was honored recently when he was named an official West Virginia History Hero by the West Virginia Division of Cu...
Betty’s Garden Diary: January 2016 Earl Nicodemus January 18, 2016 While this is being written, it is three degrees in West Liberty and Betty’s garden is white with snow. However, the seed catalogs that have appeared in our mailbox have brought on our annual spring fever. Even...
Betty’s Garden Diary Earl Nicodemus December 28, 2015 8 Author's Note: This is the first installment in a planned series of informational articles for Ohio Valley gardeners. We will publish one installment this month and one in January. Then the installments will be...