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An Edible Garden – Evolution to Revolution pt. 4
Previously: 1997-1998 1999-2000 2001-2004 2005 In 2005 we started naming names; that is, we really concentrated on trying different varieties of the same veggie. The idea was to see if we had a...
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How To Get Your Garden Organized
It is wonderful every year to get things just a little more organized and free up some wasted time that is better spent gardening. Here are a few ideas we have found to help: The garden notebook keeps...
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An Edible Garden – The End & The Beginning
Previously: 1997-1998 1999-2000 2001-2004 2005-2009 This is the final post in this series, as we come to the present. 2010 It was in 2010 that we made the garden smile, with a simple truckload of...
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Many Things to Celebrate
Better together. Dear Gardening Friends, Since we began posting late in the fall of 2009, we have had many occasions to celebrate- A graduation, weddings, beginnings at college, the birth of our...
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Confession #64 – A Happy Garden
Life is not even. It was almost 40 years ago now that I sat in my first college Psychology class. The Professor walked in and proceeded to warn us of something called Medical School Syndrome. This is...
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Jones’ Laws of Gardening
if something can grow wrong, it will • A passing shower, desperately needed, will do just that. • When in doubt, if you water your garden- it will rain. Conversely, if you don’t, it won’t. • If your...
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Possibly the Hardest Part of Gardening
At some point every spring, the hardest part of gardening arrives; resisting the urge to over plant. Once everything is in, what is there to do? There is already basil in with the tomatoes. There are...
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23 Things to Love About Growing Edibles
Future jelly, syrup or salad dressing. Gardening and particularly growing edibles means many things to each individual, but there are also a lot of things we enjoy in common. Perhaps you will find...
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The Weather Changes Everything
Sweet potatoes in slow motion. Here and in many other places in the northern U. S. the weather has been unseasonably cold. People have mentioned the now dreaded term Polar Vortex, though technically...
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5 Mid Summer Garden Tasks
No areas here are actually empty, they are just waiting to sprout. Depending on your location, your garden is likely well under way and possibly even winding down. Everyone tends to get busy this time...
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(Please Don’t) Eat (This) Tomato
It is estimated that men hear as little as two words for every five a woman speaks. Some women might suggest it is actually less than that. And I know some men who might say “What? Did you say...
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Gardening and the Internet
It was easier to learn to grow food in the days before there was so much information available at your fingertips. You could read a book or magazine, or ask a neighbor. The backs of seed packets and...
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New Vegetable Varieties for 2015
And so it begins. The catalogs are already arriving in the mail, the emails have started to show up as well; the new vegetable varieties for 2015 are here. It is always fun to see what new varieties...
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More of What’s New in Gardening for 2015
Here are two different seed suppliers to check out for 2015: Mike the Gardener While a lot of seed companies are mailing out eye candy in the form of catalogs, Mike has done something different. He...
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Confession #27 The Christmas Tree Killer
A Forever Christmas Tree It was two Christmases ago that we decided to pare back the decorations in the house. With that in mind, we also thought it would be great to have a forever Christmas tree,...
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The Gardener and the Cook
Now that we are no longer in the restaurant and catering business, Mandolin and I have found we have more time for the things we like to do best; namely gardening, cooking, and playing music. Our...
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9 Lessons Learned in the 2014 Garden
There are always lessons learned in a garden, even by the more experienced growers. Here are a few we experienced last season: 1. Birds eat seeds. Chickens are birds. Don’t let the chickens free range...
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New Edibles to Try for 2015
Part of the fun of gardening is trying new things. In the past we tried growing horseradish from a store bought root, and have been harvesting it now for years. Last season we planted ginger and...
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The Never Ending Garden
Growing lemons in the north. Gardening doesn’t end just because the weather turns cold, it just changes. You needn’t suffer withdrawal, you only need to think outside the raised bed. 1. Grow food from...
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Confession #401 What? No More Garden Center?
So over the weekend Mandolin and I were out running a few errands; post office, grocery store, etc. When we pulled in to the Home Depot parking lot, he said “I’ll just be a minute, really, I just need...
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