Test Soil Temperature and Plant!

April 7, 2013                                                    April 23, 2013 Two weeks ago I said…

Started Spring Planting Yet?

Main Garden Are you ready to start planting your garden?  I was looking at my spri ng seed starting and planting guide today and…

Spring Preparations: Keeping an itchy thumb busy!

Tomorrow (3/31) will mark 6 weeks until the average last killing frost for my area (May 12).  Over the last several weeks I have …

Plant of the Week: Peonies

Double Peony ( Paeonia sp.) Peonies are a favorite spring perennial and though right now spring may not be your first thought, it…

Encouraging Ripening

Last week the first day of fall nearly past before I realize it had even arrived, and today is the average first 32F frost for my…

Fall Planting

I planted a few things today hoping that we will have a long enough season for those seeds to produce for at least a few meals. ;…