We are so fortunate in this modern era to have access to fresh produce all year long. As our gardens rest and the weather brings us indoors it’s the perfect time to enjoy some Kitchen Botany! What is Kitchen Botany? …
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Pick up new kitchen skills and recipe ideas at the Civic Garden Center’s summer food classes August is a time of bounty in the garden (and farmers’ markets)… so what are you going to do with all those fruits and …
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Can you feel it? The days are getting longer! The plants can feel it, too. And that means it’s time to PLANT!!! Well, it’s almost time to plant. But let’s get ready anyway. Here are all the wonderful things you …
Read More »One of the challenges of gardening in the city is the proximity of neighbors, their houses, and stately street trees. All of these factors combine to make a lot of shady spots and relatively few places that are suitable for …
Read More »Anybody else getting tired of the phone calls asking for money for various political campaigns? Being in a swing state, and in a particularly swingish county, has ramped up the attention, hasn’t it? No matter what our individual political stripe …
Read More »As a vegetable gardener, I have to find creative ways to use all of the food I grow so that it doesn’t just sit in the garden getting eaten by bugs. With summer crops in full swing, my diet has …
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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 …
Read More »As a grower of food, going on vacation during prime growing season can be a bittersweet event. Sure it is great to get away and enjoy new surroundings and food sources, but there is part of me that always wonders …
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