Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
If you are new to gardening, you may think the gardening season begins in May when you plant your summer crops and ends just after Labor Day once those crops have finished producing. Now, there is nothing wrong with this way of thinking or gardening, however, in doing so, you’re missing an opportunity to grow more food in your garden…
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What gardener doesn’t delight in a lush, flourishing garden? Whether we are growing flowers or vegetables (or both), we want a beautiful, productive garden. We fuss over the plant stock – choosing the best-looking, most vigorous, and healthiest ones to grow in our gardens. Then we spend the gardening season fertilizing because garden success depends on how well those plants…
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Take a stroll through the Farmer’s Market now through the end of June and you’ll no doubt come across bunches of curlicue-stems of hardneck garlic, known as scapes. These twisting, Seuss-like stalks are quite delicious and highly sought after by many chefs and garlic lovers. What is a Garlic Scape? A scape is the flowering stalk of the hardneck garlic…
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I’m a vegetable gardener at heart, but I also love growing flowers. In the past, I’ve kept those areas within my garden separate – as many gardeners tend to do – having a dedicated area specifically for vegetables and another for annual and perennial flowers. But in recent years, I’ve mixed it up a bit with beautiful results. Now zinnias…
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