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Why do potatoes make good detectives? Because they keep their eyes peeled! Who doesn’t love healthy, delicious vegetables and fruits fresh from the garden? They’re full of vitamins, antioxidants and other healing compounds our bodies need. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to know those same vitamins and compounds found in fresh vegetables and [...] Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
It’s Mother’s Day, wonder hubby is sick and it’s snowing. So why am I smiling? Snow is always magical. I love watching as it [...] “I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion.” ~Henry David Thoreau
Squash: Next to beans, squash (especially winter varieties) are my favorite of the garden crops. I love the long rambling vines, large scalloped [...] Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. ~Albert Einstein
With planting time here (or quickly approaching) I thought I’d share how to plant a few of [...] I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep Victory is not won in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later win a little more. Louis L’Amour
I’ve planted a victory garden this spring. Not the traditional Victory Garden of the WWII era, but a personal victory garden that has [...] First, early April saw rain several days in a row. Then one morning last week there was snow as well as two mornings of frost. Now the second day of May finds my garden soil thirsty for much-needed rain. Through it all, the scarified and pre-soaked Spitfire nasturtium seeds have been outside tucked into two [...] “There’s fennel for you, and columbines; there’s rue for you;and here’s some for me; we may call it herb of grace o’Sundays.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Many of the most commonly grown garden herbs thrive in bright sun and very warm soil. Herbs like tarragon and [...] |
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