Composting Made Easy

As the season comes to a close for many gardeners in North America, you may be thinking of some much-deserved “time off” from your garden. After all, you’ve spent the last few months caring for [ … ]

Most of my vegetable garden space is devoted to practical pursuits—enough tomato plants to ensure a winter’s supply of canned tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, and salsa; green beans by the freezer bag full; and a variety [ … ]

It’s garlic time! Garlic is an unusual plant in that it is planted and harvested at the same time of the year. Many communities have garlic festivals in the early fall. They are festive events [ … ]