Ready for your Spring Garden?

March 17th is the planting date (in Zone 7a) for Broccoli, Collards, Kale, Red and Green Cabbage, Spinach, Orach, and Cauliflower. With the exception of the Orach, all of these plants will need some sort of protection from Cabbage Worm, especially if you’ve...

Evolution.

February 2009 I moved into my home. I built the first things I had ever built, 6 square raised beds. There are nails sticking out of the ends and they are a little bit crooked because I didn’t brace the corners. But they’re still holding on. I keep them...

Nutsedge

WHAT is this grass growing all over my yard? I pull it out, it comes back. Over and over all season long. A friend told me her husband calls it coffee grass, and that got me intrigued. A way to get a coffee flavor, locally, in abundance? I’m in!! So the research...

It’s been a long, productive spring..

It’s the summer solstice, a time where we can really start the look forward to harvest. Despite a slow start to the year, my corn is tall and luscious, the tomatoes, potatoes and string beans are flowering, the blueberries are all starting to blush. Business has...

A vehicle that’s not afraid of some dirt.

I’ve got a Camry. It’s my family car. My family is not very happy with the amount of dirt in it, hahaha. My goal is to get a vehicle that can hold my tools, the occassional raised bed AND of course, some serious dirt, compost and manure. I’ve got a...