Build it and The Decomposers Will Come
I’m creating my new vegetable beds via compost sandwiches this year. While I’m getting them put together a little later than I had hoped for – they are coming together. I still have plenty of months ahead before the serious spring rolls back around. I’m thrilled knowing that the compost sandwiches are going to call in the decomposers of the world through the cold months. And I haven’t met a decomposer I didnR

Need a Seed-Saving Box?
Okay – so check THIS out. I’m cruising through Borders minding my own business when I happen to pause at the garden section (most of you will actually read “garden” as “porn” – you know who you are). I’m telling myself that I absolutely will not purchase one more gardening book. Yes, the promise is made while my fingers are crossed behind my back, just in case. Then I see it. It’s not a book, but a box and it’s sitting at an angle

What Did You Hear About the Type-A Mom Conference?
You may have heard about the fabulous Type-A Mom conference (by Kelby Carr) that took place this last weekend in Asheville, North Carolina. You might also know about the many breakout sessions that not only consisted of some excellent speakers, but also addressed many concerns that we as bloggers have, but isn’t often voiced hon

It’s Compost Bin-Raising Day!
Yes, folks have you ever seen anyone so excited about a pile of garbage? Next to our monster-door cold frame we have a respectable size compost pile going - a big “thank you” shout-out going to our rabbits. I started this pile long before I gave any thought to containing it. It’s already beginning to mulch down beautifully, getting ready to fortify our garden this coming season. Between the composting materials coming out of our kitchen, not to mention the rabbitry, the pile is creeping outward; becoming a threat to our blossoming cherry tree and largely obvious to our neighbors next door. So, this weekend we’re having a bin-raising and buildi

God Gets a Lesson on Lawns
For everyone who thinks I’m bashing suburbia: I reserve the right to do so as I’m a suburbanite extraordinaire and damn proud of it. (I admit the lawn thing pinched). It’s all in my sinister plan to turn suburbia into little micro-farms. (I didn’t write the piece below; it was sent to me by my sister-in-law, Cindy Lou Who, who received it in an email.) GOD: Frank, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on the planet? What happened to the dandelions, violets, thistle and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of