I have a tomato. Naner-naner-boo-boo. (And I don’t want to hear it from all you warm weather people who had tomatoes like in March or some other M month. You don’t count. You have freakish weather as far as I… Read more ›
It was a chance of fate that had brought her into my life and it was cruel fate that had taken her away again. It had been eight long months since Old Man Winter and his heavies had snuffed her… Read more ›
My cucumbers are growing at a furious rate. I am beginning to think that my cucumbers are much like wild baby animals that have been raised by humans. I think they have lost their natural, instinctual abilities and it is… Read more ›
When someone says “drought tolerant”, they are talk about a plant that can grow with very little water. But when you are talking about Blanket Flowers, what you should say is “desert tolerant”. I honestly am not sure these plants… Read more ›
Officially, summer does not start for another two weeks, but if you are a kid or you happen to have one or two (or a few) of the little buggers, chances are summer started for you this week. School’s out,… Read more ›
If this keeps up, I might start thinking I am a professional or something. I have an article in Cleveland Magazine this month in the “Rating the Suburbs”. I would like to thank Jim Vickers and company for thinking of… Read more ›
I don’t suppose tomato blossoms really have a smell. If they do, it is overwhelmed by smell of tomato foliage, which is still a pleasing scent. Poor little tomato blossoms. Gardeners watch for them. We laud their appearance and lament… Read more ›
I suppose that when I say this is my favorite garden decoration, what I actually mean is that it is my favorite non-organic decoration, as my flowers are my favorite organic decoration. This is the base to an old seventies… Read more ›
Oh sure, it looks like it is just a garnish. It looks like it might be innocent and green and… and… green. But it’s not. It’s the Herb of the DEVIL! *Cue creepy music for effect* Oh yes, save the… Read more ›
If you have ever wondered what the elusive Hanna really looks like, I would suggest that you run on out and buy the latest (June/July) issue of Organic Gardening. There is a picture of me right there on page 33.… Read more ›
