I’m pretty new at this, have I said that before? Last year I used some miracle grow granular plant food around my foundation gardens and that’s as far as I got – but this year I really wanted to try staying away from the chemical products. I’ve got my compost bins going, but I wanted … Read more
This is where all the digging I did in the spring pays off. In the pictures I took 1 month ago, my tiny seedlings are just showing the promise of the veggies, fruit and flowers to come, but in JUNE – you can go out and measure INCHES of new growth every day. The pole … Read more
The part of horseradish that we eat is so aggressively strong, I never expected the plant to be as lovely as it is. Horseradish flowers (pictured here) are so insistently cheerful in the spring and the upright leaves create a pleasing arrangement, right out of the ground. It’s such a sturdy and beautiful plant. We … Read more