10 Reasions Why We Grow Our Own
These are our reasons for gardening and growing our own food. Read on…
Category: Home Grown
The Seeds Are Here, Time to Get Gardening
March 23, a box of seeds arrived from Johnny’s Selected Seeds and it was like Christmas all over again. Shopping the seed catalogs reminds me of my childhood thrills flipping through the Sears and Roebuck catalog.
Basil, the Great Leveler: Gardening, Deconstructed
If I can do it, you can too! As a novice assigned the task of growing starts for this year’s garden I dove in head first, and ran right into my total lack of experience and, yes, lack of knowledge. After all, what is so complicated about putting a few seeds in some soil and waiting for Mother Nature to take care of the rest? Here it is July and I’m apologizing to Mother Nature (and my husband) for my hubris, my arrogance, and my ignorance.
Gardening is a Subversive Act! Plus You Get Tomatoes…
Have you noticed lately that all that beautiful produce on the grocery shelves seems to spoil and go bad the day after you get it home? Didn’t it used to last at least a few days longer? What to do?
It’s April! Think gardening AND think gardening tools!
Whether you are a farmer, an orchardist, or a home gardener, good tools make the job! And you can’t do a quality job without quality tools. How do you find good hand tools that are sturdy, repairable, and properly sized to your hand or height?
Peas (and Love) in the City
After spending 20 years with Seattle Tilth in a variety of posts, including everything from office and event manager to education program manager and children’s …