Early spring chores

Time to clean your chickadee house!

One of my readers, Angela, suggested that I try to give month by month tips on what can be done in the garden, or what should be done at various times of the year. So today I’m going to dedicate some time to this question with late February/early March [...]

PARGAR Spring Gardeners’ Party coming up!

“PARGAR?” you ask? That’s the mnemonic way to say Plant a Row-Grow a Row. And they’re the good people who encourage all gardeners to simply plant an extra row here and there to benefit local food banks. And that’s simply one of the best ideas around!

Their 13th annual Spring Gardeners’ Party is coming up, and [...]

We love Seedy Saturday events

If you haven’t been to one of these events, you really need to make a point of tracking one down and attending. Not only are these events excellent places to acquire vegetable seeds, but they epitomize the notion of community. Like minded people getting together and sharing or trading seeds — it’s such a completely [...]