Soon, produce will be rolling in, and gardeners who enjoy preserving the harvest to last all winter long often turn to food preservation: pickling, canning…
Read MoreI know many of you have had it with the buzz of the male cicadas calling for their sweethearts over the last month, but they…
Read MoreMother Nature sure is in her usual fickle mood with her hot flashes and cold dips, but lately she has been throwing nature spitballs —…
Read MoreThis Firewitch Dianthus perennial has finished its initial bloom. The brown seedheads should be removed and if the weather stays cool and moist, the homeowner…
Read MoreSpring is a busy time for gardeners, farmers, and people whose lives involve gardening and agriculture. And we often are literally busy from before sunup…
Read MoreInstead of all the hoopla about the totally innocuous periodical cicada emergence, I wish the media would focus on something really important: Ticks. I have…
Read MoreAh, the ‘70s, the time of my (and maybe your) youth. I loved The Carpenters, the duo. But there is another duo of carpenters I…
Read MoreIt inevitably happens every few years, I get a call from someone growing grapes or the perennial flower vines wisteria or trumpet vine. They lament…
Read MoreIt happens every year about this time. People point out their excitement about seeing those first butterflies of spring. Maybe it is the brown/orange Red…
Read MoreYesterday, when planting some onion sets with 40 K-2 students, several of them were more interested in picking dandelions than the task at hand. But…
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