I’m a big advocate of making gardens legitimate living areas, and not just wild areas that are separate from the homes where we live.
Taking care to wear the proper socks and garden shoes can help gardeners prevent foot pain caused by gardening activities this year. Many gardeners will experience foot pain this season as a result of overlooking the needs of their feet. But a few minutes of preparation and good common sense can keep gardeners comfortable all […]
Photo by Audrey Pavia Foxy enjoying her new life as an urban barn cat. When Foxy was born some eight years ago in an apartment in Brooklyn, no one could have imagined she’d end up spending her senior years on an urban farm in California. Funny how things work out sometimes. Foxy belonged to […]
Photo by Rick Gush I’ve set aside room in my garden for Italy’s red poppies. Ah, June is almost here and it looks like we’re finally going to have a pretty spectacular show of red poppies in the garden this year. These poppies, Papaver rhoea, are easily the most beautiful weed here in Italy. When […]
Courtesy Stock.XCHNG The newly formed National Institute for Renewable Energy, led by Texas Tech University, plans to research the use of wind energy and develop the renewable energy industry. The Texas Tech University System, the Innovate Texas Foundation and The Wind Alliance recently announced the formation of the National Institute for Renewable Energy, an independent […]
Since I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to raise my own horse. I’ve finally gotten around to it.
Courtesy Purdue Extension/ Bethany Ratts In 2009, late blight affected tomato and potato crop across the Northeast and Midwest, but the threat of the disease returning in 2010 is unlikely. After late blight was such a burden in 2009, tomato growers in the Northeast and Midwest wonder if the potentially fatal disease will hit crops again […]
Photo by Judith Hausman Vanilla-poached rhubarb with cornmeal-cardamom biscuits. I walk past a rhubarb patch in (let’s call her) Mrs. Bloom’s yard nearly every day. Two years ago, I saw that while she is a wonderful gardener well into her 80s, Mrs. Bloom was not pulling her rhubarb. The gnarly flower stalk was unfurling and […]
For a hen at the bottom of the pecking order, Baby Jo really doesn’t have it that bad. But her status in the group is painfully obvious when the eating is good.
