My Garden this Spring
I’ve been in my garden pulling weeds. It’s such a big job. I’ve tried to set manageable goals, this bed today, this bed tomorrow. I have lots of big garden beds and some of the weeds, I think, are bigger…
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Gathering Hollyhock Seeds
Did you know Fall is the perfect time of year for planting hollyhock seeds? If you have a friend who grows hollyhocks, it’s easy to gather seeds from their stocks. Hollyhocks are one of those old fashioned flowers that are…
Tips for Planting Window Boxes and Pots
It’s June and I’m just getting around to planting my window boxes and pots. That’s only 3 weeks late. The weather has been SO cold this spring. Here’s a couple of quick tips I use when planting: When a terracotta…
Succession Planting in the Vegetable Garden
This week, I finally did a little planting in the vegetable garden. It’s been snowing so much this spring… there have been very few opportunities. I planted some Buttercrunch and Red Sails Lettuce seeds. And Spinach and Arugula from seed…
Your Garden May Need a Few Volunteers
What do these flowers in my garden have in common? Answer: They all came from hardy volunteers. By that I mean, they reseeded from another plant in my garden. That plant either spread in the same area, or sent it’s…
An act of faith
Learning to produce our own food is essential if we are to ever truly take control of our own lives. It liberates us from the role of passive consumer, remote from real decisions, alienated from nature. -Primal Seeds This past…
Spring- Planting Peas
No frozen, canned, or even fresh pea from a grocery store ever tasted as good as one picked right from your garden. This morning I was able to get out into my garden and plant peas. The traditional day for…
A Touch of Spring
This time of year I think we all start craving Spring. I want greens, yellows, pinks, and purples. And I’m tempted to pick up a big bouquet of flowers from the store as the late Winter snow flurries fly. But…
Seeds for my Garden
This time of year, I find myself pouring over seed catalogs. I love getting them in the mail. Invariably I start imagining my garden filled with all sorts of unusual and wonderful varieties of heirloom vegetables and herbs. In the…
Autumn Garden
It’s time to put the garden to bed. Time to rake up the leaves. Time to pull out the vegetables and annuals… the tomatoes, peppers, petunias and cosmos. Time to cut back the dying perennials. Prune back the long stems…
Fresh from the Garden Salsa
Can we just stop time for a minute? I love this time of year. All I want to do is eat. I love the delicious foods coming out of my garden. I love the Farmer’s Market. I can’t seem to…
Planning Ahead in the Garden
This time of year, the last thing most of us are thinking about is next year’s garden. This is the time to savor the fruit (and vegetables) of our labor and Spring seems a long way away. But, this is…