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05/24/2012 - Garden to Table: Cooked Arugula
I am not a fan of arugula. It’s too bitter for my liking, and I don't find its spiciness as pleasant as everyone else does. |
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05/17/2012 - Tomato Fertilizer Experiments
As always, mid-May is tomato-planting time in my garden. Every year, I grow my favorites plus a few "experimental" varieties, and this year is proving to be no different. |
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05/03/2012 - Mission: Contain Cabbageworms
One thing I know I am NOT going to do this year is let the cabbageworms get the best of me. Imported cabbageworms are common all across the U.S. They were introduced from Europe in the 1800s, and the caterpillars love to chew ragged holes in the leaves and flower buds of all members of the brassica family. |
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04/26/2012 - Get a Clean Garden Bed Edge
I love how a good, sharp edge looks on a flower bed. Over the years, I have experimented with many different techniques and tools for getting a clean garden edge but have found one to be faster and easier than any other. |
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04/19/2012 - Gifts of a Productive Garden
The vegetable garden is looking good! The lettuce is nearly ready to harvest, the carrots are an inch high, the chard is developing its first true leaves, and the cole crops are growing like weeds. |
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04/12/2012 - Walk Like an Egyptian
My son's bus driver gave me a small paper bag last fall—it was filled with Egyptian walking onions. |
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04/05/2012 - Chick Detour
I stopped by the farm-supply store to get mulch and almost got suckered. To get to the mulch, of course, you have to walk right by the baby chicks peeping and pecking and practically begging to be taken home. |
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03/29/2012 - Ready, Set, Garden!
Well, it's official: The 2012 gardening season is now underway! |
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03/22/2012 - Gaga for Ground Cherries
One of the crops I am most looking forward to growing from seed for the first time this year is ground cherries. I first tasted them a few years ago while visiting a friend's farm. |
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