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Guilty Gardening
Do you ever find yourself feeling guilty that you haven’t completed some garden task? Even worse, you procrastinate so much that you...
Simple Scratch Test
The larger they are, the harder they transplant. While that may not be the original phrase, it sure is true in the garden world. Last...
Soil Matters
As a budding gardener, it was obvious that buying nice plants and sticking them in my soil at home didn’t have the intended effect of...
Keepers of the Earth
I was a carefree kid of the Seventies – oblivious that the environmental movement was getting traction. I remember my mom taking part in...
The Wonderful, Terrible World of Palynology
Have you ever stepped outside to a yellow porch or powder-laden car? Perhaps your runny nose or itchy eyes tell you spring is in the air....
You Can't Beat Beets
We all had foods we hated growing up. I remember my mom serving many a bland vegetable out of can: asparagus, peas, pickled beets. We had...
What's the Rush?
Did you see Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction last week? Six more weeks of winter. I sure hope the groundhog is wrong – like they say he is...
Leave the leaves
I love to rake leaves – it’s great exercise, it cleans up a messy yard, and if there are young people around, I can still be persuaded to...
Tend your Soul as you Tend your Soil
Have you put your hands in the dirt yet this year? Whether it’s a tomato plant, a seed packet or some starter flowers, the time is upon...
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