Some photos today in celebration of the little things we enjoy at this time of year: I hope you enjoyed this “mini” tour of our garden today. What’s going on in your garden?
Read more →Ask most kids raised in Detroit anytime through the mid-1980′s and they’ll undoubtedly tell you that one of the best places to play was the alley. To the adults, the alley was a necessity; somewhere to place the trash cans or dumpsters for the city to pick up. To the kids, the alley was a [...]
Read more →Spring. Aaah. Can’t you feel that warm breeze? Feel the sun warming the top of your head? Smell the amazing aroma of crumbly, fertile soil as you dig in the garden? Nah, me neither. It’s in the high 30′s here today. It is sunny, but not nearly sunny enough to warm much of anything other [...]
Read more →After getting to know more and more gardeners over the years, both online and in person, I’m convinced that they are some of the most creative people in existence. I suppose you need to be creative to be able to see a lush, bountiful garden where nothing but dirt and maybe a few newly-planted seeds [...]
Read more →Welcome, Ask Farmer Phoebe listeners (and anyone else who wants to learn more about seed starting)! I hope this post, and the links I’ve included, help answer all of your questions about starting from seed indoors. If there’s anything I haven’t covered here, or you have another question, feel free to drop me a comment [...]
Read more →I’ve been arguing with myself for several months now about whether or not to keep the Mouse & Trowel Awards going. And I’ve finally made the difficult decision to end the awards. The fact of the matter is that the woman who started those awards three years ago was a very different person with different [...]
Read more →Back in the fall, I spent a few posts talking about the renovation of my front garden. I’m very happy with the way the west side of the garden (the “sunny side”) is shaping up. The east side, you may remember, is the shady side, made even more shady by the birch tree that was [...]
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