Maybe it’s just folklore, but whether it’s true or not, many gardeners plan their vegetable plot carefully to have friendly plants close to one another and enemies far away. Friendly plants are thought to repel harmful insects such as aphids, borers and maggots. They might also attract pollinators with their scent or [...]

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Have you been busy with all those spring chores around the house - with your hands in and out of water and cleaners? Are you getting caught up on all those dirty gardening jobs?
Now you have a special event planned, maybe even a well-deserved day at the beach, or you just need a little [...]

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Hey, we’re on top of things this month! Well, my mom is always on top of things, I’m rather a poky little puppy. (funny thing - that was my favorite book as a child) I’m far from poky today - here’s a list of June jobs for the garden. And what [...]

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Everybody needs a keeping garden. You know, a garden where you can ‘keep’ plants that you don’t want to get rid of, but you haven’t yet found their perfect spot or planting location.
My first keeping garden started by accident along the side of my middle vegetable garden. One spring, a volunteer [...]

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Why is this Gardener’s To Do List so late?
Reason Number One
That beautiful snippit of summer-like weather we received earlier this spring was just a tease - it has been cold and rainy! Not very spring-like at all. Therefore, as much as spring has been delayed, so too has this Monthly To Do List.

Reason [...]

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There is a hi-tech type of treasure hunting happening, maybe under your very nose. If you don’t already know about it, it’s called Geocaching!

The hobby (or obsession) of geocaching began in 2000 when military satellite signals were unscrambled, allowing GPSr (Global Positioning Satellite receivers) to accurately pinpoint locations around the world. Someone in Oregon decided [...]

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My garden file box used to be a very private spot until Cathy started to take pictures of it!

My first file box was a shoebox. I would throw in clippings from magazines, seed orders, lists of plants to try, plant labels etc. It was never organized but I always (usually) knew what was inside.
Then one [...]

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Grab your bucket, mop and sponge and get ready to clean your way into spring. Use some of the recipes for alternative cleaning products featured in our last Simple Green Ideas post and get ready to tackle those tough cleaning jobs you’ve been putting off until the windows could be opened wide.
Dishwasher - 1 [...]

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One of my favorite herbs and the first one I ever grew in my garden was thyme. I think it was Doone Valley Thyme - one of the taller versions with dusty purple blooms on fine foliage that just begged to be touched to release it’s fresh fragrance.
I’ve grown lemon thyme for using snipped [...]

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Spring is here and that means spring cleaning!
We have all become accustomed to using a variety of cleaners for numerous cleaning tasks around the house. They get the job done, but we know they may not be environmentally friendly. Why not try some “home-made” products that have been proven to work just as well as [...]

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