DIY

There is no turning back, oh, it might yet snow, but spring shall not be denied!

It’s amazing what we see when we look closer.  This little clump grows each …
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I love the peonies, but before they can bloom in all their glory, the beds needs to be cleaned out.

While it’s about 40F, a grey and windy day, I’m still …
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When I started the yard had very little shade. It was great for most flowers, yet I wanted a shady area to grow some shade plants, hostas and ferns, perhaps …
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It doesn’t feel like it, but this is really only the second season that I’m vegetable gardening in earnest.  Clearly I am still learning, and there are many firsts that I’ll …
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I don’t like to admit failure but there comes a time when it is just not worth keeping up the fight. The micro-greens just didn’t do what a) I expected them …
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I saw this recipe over at http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/. The site over there is fantastic, please go check out her witty postings and fantastic food!  What a great idea, I have to try it!  …
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Cabbage is such a homely vegetable. Years of mistreatment can lead to indelible scars and get folks to not like it. Then again, it  can be so poorly done, yet is versatile and keeps …
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When I was in the initial stages of planning the perennial garden in 2002, one goal was to have the garden as low maintenance as possible. A choice I made  to that end …
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Today Reuters ran a story about food prices being at record levels and the likelihood that they will remain this way for months to come. With that in mind I …
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