I realized this morning what it is that makes me love gardening as much as I do. The easy answer, the simple answer, is that its the beautiful flowers, the delicious food, the time spent in fresh air and sunshine.
But thats the wrong answ…
Read more →Hank commented in one of my recent winter sowing posts that he’s curious about how the process is coming along. It gave me a good excuse to waddle (and yeah, I’m at the waddling phase of pregnancy now…quack!) back to my potting bench in the yar…
Read more →I was dead set on my choices for the Growing Challenge (sponsored by Elements in Time) but now I find my resolve fading a bit. Anthony has been helpful in warning me that my Lemon cucumbers may have a tendency to be a bit seedy (Thanks for the w…
Read more →What are America’s favorite tomatoes? Barbara Pleasant from Mother Earth News spent some time trying to answer this question. She went to members of the Seed Savers Exchange. She went to Dave’s Garden. She went to individual tomato growers, and c…
Read more →Current conditions here in Harper Woods: everything is covered by about 5 inches of snow.Our weather has been absolutely insane around here for the past couple of weeks. We’ve seen several inches of snow followed by thunderstorms with temps in th…
Read more →The Growing Challenge was developed by Melinda over at Elements in Time. The goal? To increase the amount of food we grow ourselves by pledging to grow at least one type of crop you’ve never grown before, and to start it from seed. I’m all for a…
Read more →After much anticipation, I finally got to break out my new soil block maker over the weekend. It was a lot of fun—kind of like making mud pies, except with the added bonus of knowing that Ill have plenty of baby heliotrope, daylilies, a…
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