The new vegetable garden—I’m calling it a parterre I think that may be stretching the definition just a bit—has existed in my head for a few years and been knocked around on paper for a… [Continue Reading]
The veggie garden that started it all
I’ve now gardened in the same place long enough that there are few new places to make a garden. Something usually has to go to make way for something new. And so it is with… [Continue Reading]
Here comes the sun, but how much is there?
I’ve learned a lot about gardening through the years. Looking back at some of the things I did when I started gardening at this house I see where I might do things differently now. (I… [Continue Reading]
Growing different food for a different reason
The grocery store closest to our house and my office is closing in the next week or so. The shelves are mostly bare, and what’s left is deeply discounted. It will leave the city I… [Continue Reading]
Garden trends on track for 2018
When I’m brainstorming ideas for almost any renovation or project in or out of the house, I first head to Houzz and Pinterest to collect ideas that I then go back and do some sifting… [Continue Reading]
VEGGIE GARDEN GOALS
You might have noticed that I didn’t write much about the vegetable garden this year. That’s not because I didn’t grow vegetables, but it wasn’t my best year in the vegetable garden.It’s been my pattern… [Continue Reading]
WHAT TO DO WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF PARSLEY
I grew parsley from seed for the first time this year, and as I was harvesting armloads of it over the weekend, it was a bit of a head-slap moment. It was so easy I… [Continue Reading]
