A simple guide to buying vegetable seeds

Fresh vegetables by constructiondeal_marketing

I’d been watching that first tomato for days. Finally, it was red. I plucked it from the bush, popped it into my mouth, and bit down on the plump, juicy, red, roundness of it.

Flavor exploded into my mouth, coating my tongue. I sucked and savored, holding onto that moment.

There’s nothing like [...]

Confessions of a part-time gardener

Back Yard West Garden Corner 03-29-10

Dear Reader,

If your garden plans don’t always turn out the way you expected don’t give up. Call it a challenge! Here’s mine…

The year 2010 is gone and it’s time for me to ‘fess up about the good, the bad, and the ugly of my gardening efforts over the last [...]

Is your garden naturally captivating?

Hike Kansas by earlycj5

“The prairie is absorbing, captivating, even overpowering.” – Alison Kerr, 2010

Natural landscapes are captivating in a way most gardens are not.

What can we learn from the Kansas prairie which we can apply to the design of our nature gardens? Wouldn’t we all like a garden which is captivating?

How a natural landscape [...]

What to do if you find a rat in your garden

Rat des moissons by ComputerHotline

“Did you read about the rats in my garden on Facebook? Not joking! Any tips? EWWWWW I’m having nightmares.” – Loving Nature’s Garden reader, Oct 2010.

A rat is not the kind of wildlife you’re going to like in your garden, nature garden or not.

If [...]

What do plants need to grow?

Light-deprived lettuce

“What’s in a seed?A tree to climb, a sunflower for the birds, a loaf of bread… Seeds contain a lot.”  – Alison Kerr, 2010

A seed is easy enough to plant; we can all plant a seed. The tricky part comes later.

What does a seed need to grow into the plant we desire?

It’s elementary

We [...]