Garden Gratitude
November 25, 2010Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It might sound a bit cliché, but it really is the perfect time of year to count our blessings and give thanks for what matters to us.
Moving Time
November 12, 2010Photo by Rick Gush Moving these boxes—all 360 of them—down the cliff is going to be a real challenge. I’d enjoy being able to recount the marvelous work that I’ve done in the garden this week, but it just ain’t so. Instead, I’ve been moving my office/workshop. (Well, I did at least manage to plant […]
Post-frost Garden
November 11, 2010We finally got a few hard frosts last week. Funny how it always seems to happen just after my pineapple sage starts to flower.
Flowers in the Vegetable Garden
November 5, 2010The flowers in the garden look pretty nice this week. The big splashes of color are particularly welcome at this time of year, when the crop plantings are no so spectacular yet.
Butterfly Puddling
October 26, 2010Bring butterflies to your garden by giving them access to puddles.
Planning My Dream Garden
October 7, 2010On a very exciting note, we have invited a landscape architect friend of mine (we went to college together) to come over and redesign our back patio and gardens.
U.S. “Digs In” to Gardening
October 1, 2010Courtesy Slow Food USA Kids and members of Slow Food Westchester in New York “dig in” to a garden at Morse School vegetable garden. What kind of event could mobilize thousands of people across the country to come together for the sake of community betterment than the celebration of food? Last weekend, 180 pods of […]
Keep Garden Pests Away with Companion Planting
February 18, 2009Introduce companion plants into your garden as an additional integrated pest management strategy to keep harmful garden pests at bay.
