It seemed to me that I started all of my seeds late last year, so I have been looking around for dates to start. By January I saw tons of people from my area starting pepper and tomatoes, which I didn’t think were supposed to be started until March. I love Mother Earth News magazine [...]
A Tomato Mystery
August 26, 2010 – 6:00 pm
A few days ago I came across a mystery in my garden. No one had stolen produced or nibbled on vines, but instead I had a tomato that wasn’t what it seemed…
MyFolia, a Website for Gardeners
August 11, 2010 – 4:30 pm
A few months ago, a friend introduced me to a gardening website that has become indispensable to me, and I don’t say this lightly! The website is myfolia.com, and it is a great way to keep a garden journal for those of us who are not inclined to write things down or who are looking [...]
Makin’ Dirt
July 30, 2010 – 9:15 am
Composting is a great way to make dirt naturally and is an unseen but essential practice in organic gardening. Even while trying to garden in an environmentally-friendly manner, it is often easy to be lured into buying the latest must-have tool. For two years I have been using a plastic bin provided by my county [...]
George the Snake
May 10, 2010 – 6:00 pm
As I was working in my vegetable garden the other day, I found a new “friend.” His name is George, and he is a juvenile black rat snake. He was hiding under our gutter downspout, and after a quick meet and greet with the girls, he was returned to back to where we found him. [...]