Goodnight Gardens – Feed the Soil that Feeds You
Autumn is a bittersweet time of year. The days are getting noticeably shorter yet garden-weary plant-lovers can now look forward to a winter rest. But before that can happen there is much to be don…
Grow Your Own Garlic
Attention garlic lovers! Why buy grocery-store garlic grown half way around the world when you can grow your own right at home? It’s an easy-to-grow, low maintenance crop that produces two harvests…
Caring for The Star of the Garden
Tomatoes seem to take center stage in most veggie gardens and often hog the spotlight. And why not? Home grown tomatoes taste so much better than shipped-from-afar-store-bought fruits plus there ar…
My Top 10 Cold Hardy Veggies
Don’t Wait for May 2-4. Start Your Veggie Garden Now!
How early in the season can a vegetable garden be planted? Early! You might be surprised to learn that there are many vegetables like peas, ka…
#MindfulMondays
Notifications from Mother Nature
There seem to be multiple hashtags for every day of the week, so I don’t know if Mindful Mondays is already “a thing” or if I’m starting a “new thing”. (A quick…
What to plant? Make a plan!
“Planning the design is the single most important thing we can do before putting anything in place.”
Bill Mollison, the father of Permaculture
Early spring is a time when Seedy Saturd…
Author: Arlene
Arlene (she/her) is an avid gardener and life-long learner who loves to share her knowledge. She is an Organic Master Gardener and Accredited Organic Land Care Practitioner with SOUL (Society for Organic Urban Landcare). Arlene is also an Emmy award winning television director and writer.