Weldon Burge

Freelance Writer/Full-Time Editor/Creator of Web Content

Nonfiction


GENERAL NONFICTION


The Admission Funnel: How to Streamline the Private School Admission Process

I wrote/edited this book for Independent School Management, my employer. What I had in mind was a "bible" for private school Admission Directors, something that would provide the nuts and bolts of operating an efficient and effective Admission Office. I compiled and rewrote the material from articles and workshop materials that ISM has developed over the past few decades.


GARDENING


The Almanac for Farmers & City Folk 2011

I've been writing gardening articles for the almanac for a number of years now. This year, the issue contains five of my articles.


  • Showy Cyclamens
  • Mustard: The Spicy Green
  • Parsnips: Superb Winterkeepers
  • Celosias for Summer Color
  • Lamb's Quarters: Free Food!


More Veggies in Less Space
Everyone who grows vegetables, particularly the home gardener with limited space, looks for ways to get the biggest harvest possible from every bit of space. Succession planting is the most effective and efficient method of doing this. When a crop is harvested, it’s immediately replaced with another crop. In most of the United States and Canada, this means you can grow two or more crops in the same space each growing season. . . .

Grow the Best Peppers
This Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin provides practical advice about growing and using a wide variety of sweet and hot peppers.

Grow the Best Root Crops (E-Book Projects)
Learn how to grow, store, and use beets, carrots, celeriac, rooted parsley, parsnips, spring and winter radishes, salsify, scorzonera, turnips, and rutabagas.

Peas for Fall
Peas grow best in cool and humid weather, which is why, peas are considered early-spring crops only. Summer rapidly becomes too hot, and fall crops are impossible because we'd need to start the plants during unfavorably hot weather, or so the thinking goes. My experience proves fall crops of peas are not only possible, but that their flavor is often superior!

Fava Beans
For gardeners who want an early start on bean production, fava beans fit the bill. Also called English broad beans, favas (Vicia faba) grow most vigorously in cool, moist rich soil.

Selected Works

Nonfiction
The Admission Funnel: How to Streamline the Private School Admission Process
A step-by-step guide to recruiting mission-appropriate students for your private-independent school.
Garden Writing
More Veggies in Less Space
This is a Gardening How-To article about maximizing vegetable garden space for the best production. Also included are links to some of my other Gardening How-To articles on broccoli, hot peppers, and coleus.
Grow the Best Peppers
This Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin provides practical advice about growing peppers.
Grow the Best Root Crops (E-Book Projects)
Everything you need to know to grow root crops!
Peas for Fall
This is a National Gardening Association article about growing peas as a fall crop.
Fava Beans
This brief article was published in the January 2008 issue of Horticulture magazine.