What Are Some Old Vegetables For Flavor
“What’s a shall it?” a lady asked me at question time following a talk at a garden club. Or so it sounded, but when she added that it is often
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Unusual Herbs For The Garden
Many of the plants in our kitchen or herb gardens are as familiar as the palm of a hand, or as comfortable as an old shoe — thyme and marjoram,
How Healthy Are Your Tomatoes?
When plant nutrients are in great excess or extreme deficiency, the symptoms on the foliage or in some other plant part generally reveal themselves to the naked eye. Such plants
Do Not Lose Your First Tomato Blossoms
You may be an “old hand” at raising tomatoes or an “eager beaver” who has set out his first plants this year. In either case, however, you will likely discover
The Friendliest Bug
An insect with all virtues and no vices is the ladybug, that diminutive beetle whose back is a brilliant orange with black spots. That is, to say, she has no
Are You As Fit As Your Garden?
Now that garden activity are in full swing, too, are aching muscles! The joy and enthusiasm of gardening are often dampened because the unused muscles rebel due mainly to incorrect
Hybridizers Staying One Step Ahead of The Bees
Nature has planned to use insects or the wind for breeding flowering plants. Food and drink in the form of pollen and nectar induce insects to do the work. Even
Here Is The June Garden Work To Do Now
The long warm days of June provide us with enough added hours to enjoy the garden and give it the attention it needs. Plants are growing actively now, so keep
Do Mulches Make For Easier Gardening?
Twenty-one years ago, I began experimenting with mulches for flowers, root crops, above-ground crops, and fruits. I do not recall why I started working with various mulching materials. Still, I
Herbal Tea Brewing: Fragrant Teas Steaming In A Porcelain Pot
The enticing scents of herbal teas a-brewing are reminiscent of a past wherein life’s needs were simple, its course directed by humble wisdom. Somewhere along the way, we have lost