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.
Last week brought some beautiful weather, and so despite the boot cast on my left leg, I made the most of it by heading out to the raspberry patch to do a little cleanup.
Gardening is a bit of a challenge these days. I've been instructed to wear an enormous and uncomfortable boot cast on my left leg for the next three weeks.
I was elated when I opened the mailbox the other day to find the spring catalog for High Country Gardens, a company in Santa Fe, N.M., that specializes in "Beautiful Plants for the Waterwise Garden."
Get started growing lettuce by adding one of these tasty varieties to your garden.
Iceberg is just a small part of the lettuce family that’s worthy of a spot in your garden and market offerings.
No hope in sight for controlling the widespread fungus infecting a pal to American farms—the bat.
Last week, I told you about some of the seeds I ordered for this year’s garden. I was talking to a friend who asked me what new flowers I would be trying this year when I realized I only included one of them on last week’s list! Just in case you are a flower nut like me, here are some of my choices for 2012’s flowerbeds.
I was sitting at the dining room table yesterday, browsing through my 2012 seed catalogs. Exciting stuff! There’s so much I’m looking forward to trying this year, I thought I might let you know about some of the seeds I’ll be ordering and why I’m choosing to give them a place in my garden.
I performed a quick check of the container plants overwintering in the garage, and things are looking good!
I gave a lecture to our local Master Gardener group a week or so ago, and afterwards a small group of them approached me and asked if I have a favorite gardening book.
Many farmstead chefs take the DIY mantra beyond the confines of the kitchen into the gardens. After all, the best-tasting meals start with the freshest, perfectly ripe ingredients.
