I’m a gardener because…

I’m a gardener because my mom’s father cared for primroses and potatoes and every spring he made a pilgrimage to buy baby leeks from his cousin, who ran a garden supply company, which was really hard for Grandpa to reach without his own car.
Grandpa was one of the garden lovers in my life, and [...]

Step by Step Gardening Club

Do you want to plant a new garden this year, pick out some flowers to attract butterflies or birds, grow vegetables with your kids for the first time, or change to more organic management?
Maybe you want to do something in the garden, but you’re just not sure where to start. Gardening might be a new [...]

10 Ways to Feel Better in Winter

Word has it that some people out there in Real World Land are suffering from the winter cranky pants. At least that’s what the Grass Stain Guru has to say today.
Tigger might love to surf (that’s what the t-shirt says), but Mother Nature is hardly likely to oblige us by bringing spring early. All we [...]

Honest Scrap

Carole Brown at Ecosystem Gardening has blessed me with the Honest Scrap Award. Just like Carole, I don’t usually do these kinds of things, but Carole is a good friend and a good sport, so I reckon I should play along with the fun. Here is Carole’s post and mine is below. Are you next?
To [...]

Take the Trash Out

Raise your hand if you like to take the trash out. Who in your home has this dirty job? It should be you and I’ll tell you why.
The trash truck comes to my neighborhood once a week. Trash has to go out at night. I’m the one who takes it out, winter or summer, rain, [...]