Helping Gardeners Grow

“The rose is a rose, And was always a rose …”  So wrote Robert Frost.  But roses have many poses. One may ...

Pulling garlic mustard always inspires me.  Today’s inspiration is, on so many levels, brilliant. I propose that we declare a regi...

“Ramps.”  This was the third time the subject had been raised. I sensed in chef Jason’s questioning tone a distinct dash of demand. Th...

My inner naturalist and my inner gardener are at war. I knew that for certain yesterday when I found a baby bunny in the lettuce, in the gr...

When is a weed no longer a weed?  When it becomes the best option for making diesel fuel, say researchers in Peoria. We can thank the...

Would you put a solar water heater in your home if you knew it would pay for itself in ten years? What about five years? Three? I...

Yes I know, I’ve been absent. I have been logging, not blogging. For the past six weeks I have gone nowhere (well, almost nowhere) without m...