If you live in the South, you should already have planted your garden. Northerners can wait until June for more cold sensitive plants. The Plan • This is the fun part. Think about what you like to eat or flowers you like to see on your table. What fruits and …
I kid you not. I was a TERRIBLE gardener. What did I know? I was a city kid who lived in a four-story walk-up. When we bought our first house with an actual back yard, I was in Nirvana, but I was a curse from the start. Greg seemed to …
It’s that time of year again. Time to bruise shins, fraggle fingers, and blister hands. The knees aren’t doing too good either. Ah, Spring, you destroyer of ligaments and punisher of muscles. You lure us with promises of fresh strawberries and plump snap peas, but we always forget the price …
I’m taking a breather this week, still recovering from my birthday bash. Greg took me shopping. He said I could buy whatever I wanted. I’m sure he expected me to ask for jewelry–or maybe even a new dog. Nope. Well…the dog was close, but Nana said she was the only …
Every week, I’ll target a different interest. Today, let’s do gardeners. Whether they live in the city or country, if you know someone who loves to putter in the dirt, you can’t go wrong with any of these gifts. Anyone who’s been gardening for a while will have a …
We’re in the middle of a deer population explosion. Worse yet, they’re so used to seeing people, they don’t even have the decency to run when they see humans. They know we can’t catch them. They’ve decimated my garden. I tried netting and that thwarted them for a couple …
Here is a layout of my garden for 2016. With so much going on I don’t think I’m going to get a chance to till the secondary garden for my tall plants, but if I have time, I might try planting loofas in the back forty. The tally for …
