Some reasons why one wonders if gardening is worth it: 1. The neighbors’ belief that their cat is a wild creature that is only happy when out roaming and hunting…and using everybody’s herb gardens and veggy gardens, yes the things …
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I went up to the roof of the Green Learning Station this morning to do a little watering and found quite a bounty awaiting me! I harvested two savoy cabbage that have been growing since last August and for some …
Read More »I have been asking people “how did you come to be a gardener?” Here are some of what folks have said: “Oh my Lord, when I first tasted my aunt’s peaches. She put some up every summer when I was …
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The salad gardens I planted by the square foot method back in February have already yielded copious amounts of lettuce, spinach and radishes and should be producing for awhile still. If you read my earlier blog, you know how easy …
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Yesterday afternoon the sun called me up to the garden to see what could be done. With my seed box, planting plan drawn up in dreary January and trusty rake and shovel under my arm, I trekked up to the …
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There are a mysterious group of vegetables growing in my garden (and maybe yours too), whose reproductive life cycle makes them biennials. A biennial is a plant that puts on vegetative growth one year and flowers the next, taking two …
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Have you looked at the forecast recently? In my line of work (and leisure), I check the weather report at least once daily, sometimes several times a day to track storms or time activities around predicted rain. Though it seems …
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It’s hard to avoid talking about the weather these days, especially as we have surpassed our average amount of rainfall for the month of April by about 8 inches! It has been nearly impossible to work in the garden – …
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Since the first snow fall I have pretty much ignored my vegetable garden, since it was covered with several inches of snow for an unusual number of weeks. After returning from my holiday vacation to a snow free garden, and …
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The idea that every autumn you’d have to sit and watch your hard earned work wither up and die and somehow not be bothered by it, is enough to make any number of sane men ask a few questions about …
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