A Fall Hope I’ve written several times proclaiming my appreciation for fall and fall gardening. Garlic is one of the reasons. I actually planted garlic for the first time once several years ago and met with disaster due to my own ignorance, and unreasonable expectations. Since then, I have actually taken the time to do a little research… Read More
Starting Planning for an Autumn Harvest We just picked our first bunch of tomatoes last week, but I’m already thinking our fall vegetable garden. Partly because we’ve hit the nineties and the humidity has me dragging in the afternoons, but also because vegetable gardening in fall is my favorite. It starts with hot days but… Read More
TV Magic Debbie and I were streaming an old episode of Good Eats and got inspired. Alton Brown featured Dutch oven recipes, and I suddenly had a flashback to my Boy Scout days in the 1980’s. When I first learned to cook outdoors, there was no charcoal involved and certainly no liquid fuel or gas. We… Read More
Autumn Planting Fall planting makes perfect sense. When you collaborate with nature, she determines the schedule. In gardening that means do the work now and wait for the result. Fall is the time for certain tasks that will yield beautiful results in your landscape next spring and summer. Harvest Seeds If you are saving seeds,… Read More
Time To Move On It’s hot, the tomatoes are just about worn out, the bean beetles have severely battered the snap beans, the summer squash is long gone. What better time to start a new garden phase? It’s time to get the fall garden plan underway! Several tasks are necessary over the next few weeks… Read More