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Gardening

So You Want to Garden

So, you want to garden. Is it the allure of a-just-off-the-vine tomato or the crunch of a carrot just pulled out of its bed? Or

Gardening is for the birds

Nature delights the soul. One of my most memorable moments in gardening was watching 500 or more cedar waxwings landing in my yard to strip

Saving time With Raised Garden Beds

What is a Raised Garden Bed? A raised bed contains soil that is higher than the original ground level. I prefer a raised bed enclosed

Starting Again – 2020

Austin Kleon in his book, Steal Like an Artist, stated: “Plagiarism is copying from one source. Research is copying from many.” In the past one

The Omega of the Gardening Year

Diogenes, a famous Greek philosopher, chose a life of poverty, living on the streets of Athens. One night as he was eating his supper of

Gardening and the Environment

There’s an old Middle Eastern story about a little bird who, when she heard the sky was falling, lay down on the trail on her

Gardening: a subversive activity, a step to reduce global warming and a step to nutritional food

Gardening is a small step in combatting global warming Plagiarism is copying; research is using information from many sources. In my case, I buy gardening

Gardening – Harvesting and Storing

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. And so, after all the work in preparing, sowing, weeding, watering, and gentle encouraging, it is

Gardening – Sowing and Growing

Spring is for sowing, summer is for growing. I find that most planting guides are for an open garden. However, with raised beds, I place