Garden

When I started the yard had very little shade. It was great for most flowers, yet I wanted a shady area to grow some shade plants, hostas and ferns, perhaps …
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It doesn’t feel like it, but this is really only the second season that I’m vegetable gardening in earnest.  Clearly I am still learning, and there are many firsts that I’ll …
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I don’t like to admit failure but there comes a time when it is just not worth keeping up the fight. The micro-greens just didn’t do what a) I expected them …
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Cabbage is such a homely vegetable. Years of mistreatment can lead to indelible scars and get folks to not like it. Then again, it  can be so poorly done, yet is versatile and keeps …
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When I was in the initial stages of planning the perennial garden in 2002, one goal was to have the garden as low maintenance as possible. A choice I made  to that end …
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Today Reuters ran a story about food prices being at record levels and the likelihood that they will remain this way for months to come. With that in mind I …
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About seven – eight years ago, I planted the shrub roses in the back. They were small and tender, but not much to look at. In 2003 they were still quite …
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The grocery store is one of my favorite places, along with a home improvement center or hardware stores, it is my favorite place to shop or browse. One difference I’ve …
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After raking and shredding the leaves in the front yard, I bagged them up to take to the compost heap at the vegetable plot. We’ve started a new pile and …
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