A Personal Orchard

Growing your own food in your backyard garden is one of the most rewarding things you can do. The satisfaction that comes from feeding your family and giving them nutritious, organic produce is well worth [ … ]

My mother’s vegetable garden was a formidable opponent. It spanned over a quarter of an acre and included almost every vegetable you could think of, plus a prolific berry patch. The garden was flanked on [ … ]

Using food scraps to grow your garden is the sensible thing to do on two different levels: Scraps can be composted (decomposed) into rich soil full of nutrients. Scraps can be used as soil fertilizer, [ … ]