Extend the growing season for your greens!

Kate Jerome, of www.garden.org, says you can grow greens all year round by making a crude greenhouse. She recommends using woodchips to a depth of 6″, covered with 6″ of compost (worm castings are best). Lettuce, chard and any variety of greens can be grown in this medium, and as fall approaches, you can cover [...]

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Rain, rain, come this way!

Just as I was about to fill up all my containers with water and head down to the garden, the sky darkened and the little weatherbug icon popped up on my computer screen. Apparently we’re in for quite a nice little thunderstorm! I hope it’s enough to provide some much-needed water to my wilting [...]

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My first visit to the community garden.

I drove down to the community garden today for my first visit. The plan was to mark out the plots, and I hade my daughters, 8 year old Paris and Ciel (7) with me. The girls just love to help, but they always seem to want to both do the same job at the same [...]

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