When you think of March, do you think about March Madness or do you start dreaming about your garden? In my house, March madness is very alive and well with the final four approaching. (Basketball lingo that I learn from the five men in my household.) For me the color orange represents pumpkins not a [...]
Gardening
I am not ready to let summer go. The last day of summer was this week; however, it seems like summer has been gone for a whole month. Since August, the nights have already started getting cooler. Once September rolls around, the nights seems a little nippy to me. Reaching for my coat, brought sadden [...]
Weeds are unwelcomed guests in your garden beds, cracks in the sidewalk, and throughout your lawn. We curse them, try and kill them, and they bring out the beast in us as we yank them root and all from the Earth. Personally, I never have so much satisfaction as when I am pulling those suckers [...]
Doesn’t this make you hungry? Every summer I grow something a little different than the previous year. My first year, I only grew tomatoes. Figuring I mastered tomatoes, even with an ugly hornworm trying to eat my tomatoes for dinner, I was ready to move on to the intermediate leagues and decide to grow go [...]
Two Rabbits plotting against me to get into my veggie garden What are your first thoughts when you see those cute little bunny rabbits in the picture? You are thinking, “they are sooo cute.” I can see why you think this because we associate bunny rabbits with Peter Rabbit, Bugs Bunny cartoons, and the Easter [...]
Photo by Andrew Larsen I Hate Slugs! Why do I hate Slugs? They are vile, ugly, slimy, gross, disgusting, and did I say vile? I wrote this slug article last August and put it away since it did not seem as pertinent at the end of summer. Guess what? Baby slugs have returned this June. [...]
My Broccoli seedlings, which were spindly and sickly looking were replanted in Organic Mechanic Potting Soil a couple of weeks ago. They now look like they were given a vitamin shot since they are standing strong and tall with several leaves. Organic Mechanics is no ordinary potting soil. My broccoli obviously knows this. It is [...]
Updated: 12/20/2011 How many of us catch lunch or dinner when we can? Are you driving up to the drive-in window more than you like to due to a hectic job, children with multiple activities or caring for family members? Does the person at the other end of the microphone recognize your voice? Sadly, the [...]
Updated 4/19/2012: I am addicted to using coffee ground in my garden. Every week, I was a regular at the coffee ground bin at Starbucks. I felt like I am at Cheers and everyone knows my name. (Oh, come on, your remember Norm.) Just to give you some background, my sickly roses miraculous perked up [...]
