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So the thing that happens when you neglect your much-loved garden for weeks, is when the weather cools, it stops thunderstorming, and you...

I should cross title this post “How to make garlic powder” because that’s the solution. As you see in the photo above, I had a grea...

While I've been delighting in watching this chard growing in my windowboxes for the past few weeks, one day recently, my husband said...

The first time I started seeds on my own, I bought a 60 cell seed starting kit complete with a styrofoam tray that floats in a bottom tray (...

If you've been following Scamp's story, he's been doing great. A little wobbly and arthritic-looking, but he seems to have a hap...

I never tire of these gorgeous magnolias. Could a bloom period be any shorter though?! Race is approaching and my running is decreasing. N...

Truth be told, I did no running this week. BUT! I did stay active with many gardening tasks to make up for the mileage. Plus, I plan to get ...

Last weekend, I took Veggie Pak's advice and went out to do some weeding. Though I'd planned to take the whole season as a loss af...

A little while back, Ricki was brave enough to post some of her garden failures, so I thought I should fess up as well. I can't believe...

After five or six years of keeping the faith, there is finally enough asparagus to warrant the energy to cook it. The spears, purple upon h...

I love it - the patio is littered with plastic cups, bowls, knives, and garden forks, watering cans, and spray bottles. All evidence that a...

Happy New Year!! It's cold in the 'burbs of Maryland with dustings of snow. I have my eyeballs on the little clump of dried leaves n...