My compliments to the rabbit who ate the leaves on this violet by my patio. See how neatly they ate all the leaves down to the same level? I don't think I could have pruned it any better than that, …
A Green Bean Story, with Garden Fairies
Once upon a summer, there was a place called May Dreams Gardens where garden fairies lived with a gardener named Carol. Every spring, Carol came out to the garden after the last frost and …
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Pick, Pluck, Pull – The Language of Harvesting
While pulling out some radishes, it occurred to me that new gardeners—really all gardeners—might find it useful to understand the language of harvesting. So with five minutes of thought, I …
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My Old Neighbors
This Allium 'Millenium' will always remind me of our next-door neighbors when I was a kid. Not because they grew this particular variety of Allium—it was introduced in 1990, long after I'd left …
Garlic Do’s and Don’t’s
Believe it or not, garlic is easy to grow and tastes much better when you grow it yourself. I know this from personal experience. So do yourself a big favor and do a couple of things. Buy some good …
The problem with vegetable gardens
The problem with vegetable gardens for some gardeners isn't the planting. It's the harvesting. That's right. Some gardeners have trouble harvesting from their vegetable gardens. Is it ready to …
