I am finding a common bond among vegetable gardeners around doing something special with their first ripe tomato of the season.What do I do with my first tomato?I like to carefully pick the first ripe …
Abundance in the Garden
'Maters, yep, I'm starting to pick a lot of tomatoes. That's the way it seems to go. Waiting, waiting, waiting for the first tomato to ripen and then overnight it seems they all have figured out how …
Violence in the Garden
I was out in the yard today with a friend when we heard a loud noise coming from a nearby tree, followed by a lot of rustling of the leaves. We ran toward the area where the sound came from to see …
Good Insects, Good Corn, Bad Smut
This morning I headed out to do some light deadheading and harvest more vegetables. The first thing I encountered was a very nice brown praying mantis. Good insect! Isn't he cute in that picture? The …
Links
I've finally updated my sidebar to provide a place to link to other gardening related blogs. If you would like me to provide a link to your blog, drop me a comment with the url.I always appreciate and …
Gardening Tool Week: Lugging and Trugging
Once you get into gardening, you find there is suddenly a lot to lug around the garden, or haul home from the garden center/nursery/mulch store. And for whatever load you have to carry, there is, of …
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