Composting can be as simple as digging a hole in your garden, throwing in kitchen scraps, grass clippings, shredded paper and then covering ...

Last nights temp dipped to 35F! Arrgh, this is coming on all too quickly. I still have so much to do. Perennials need to be trimmed, seeds c...

I read a commentary posted in Grist entitled “ Agrichemical industry steps up pressure on White House organic garden ”. The author compared ...

Tara Kolla of Silver Lake Farms in Los Angeles, California, was cited because of a law on the books that states that “composting material mu...

As the saying goes: “There is no better time to start than the present”. And so it is with home gardening. Many home gardeners grow their ow...

The one thing that is constantly on my mind, where gardening is concerned, is feeding. Am I feeding my plants enough, am I over-feeding? Pla...

Most of the snow has finally receded, except for the north side of the house. What it left behind is a little distressing. After searching...

Grab your shovel, your favorite gloves and garden clogs, we’re going to play in the dirt! I love the image that brings to mind. Come spring ...

Went out this morning, 9 AM, 41F, and emptied all of the containers I had sitting on my back deck. Every time I walk out there lately it see...

For all of you who have felt the urge to start a garden, congratulations for rediscovering our agrarian heritage. That urge is rooted in a ...

I love gardening, but my love is tested daily as I attempt to turn these lawn-filled, clay plots into flower-supporting, food-producing, hor...

Last year the first mowing wasn't until April 13. So, this is what about two weeks earlier. The grass was pretty tall because I waited a...

This has become one of my most anticipated Spring 'chores'. It has been, the last two years, my first trip to the nursery after the ...