Arg, cabbage worms. In just a couple of days your cabbage, broccoli, kale and any other type of Brassicas that cabbage worms love, can go from beautiful to a hole covered mess. Here are some tips...
Onions! There are so many wonderful types of onion in the world. From Italian Cipolini, Spanish Utah, Japanese Nebuka, and Texas Star Multipliers, onions are a must in any garden of any size. There...
Need: Newspaper (or any paper for that matter), Egg Cartons, Dirt Disks, Water, Seeds. Instructions: Soak dirt disks (the ones that stay together). Cut little squares (4 papers thick) for the bottoms...
Rhubarb is an odd and beautiful vegetable. It has a strange way of birthing it’s leaves by unfurling bright green and pink balls from within the ground. Rhubarb is a perennial and one of the...
Many (most) people when planting asparagus buy crowns (root sets), that are usually 1-2 year old plants costing around $1.00 each. However, for less than $2.00 you can purchase a seed packet with...
Over the last several years Neem (Azadirachta indica) has exploded onto the world market. In it’s native regions, places such as tropical areas of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the southern...
“One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for use, is the gardener’s own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the...
by Mary Pellerito Part of the beauty of native plants is the role they play in the wider environment. Native plants just aren’t pretty to look at. They provide food and shelter for creatures...
By Márcia Zoladz This winter I went to Paris, and all I wanted was to walk around the city, as I was staying in a new neighborhood -the 10tharrondissement – close to the Canal of Saint Martin. The...
By Gina Taylor If you are like me, one of these and one of those is never enough when it comes to plants. What we really desire is a whole bunch of every flower, berry, and beautiful thing to sniff...