Preserving the Harvest: Drying Food
Drying Food This is the first year I have tried drying food, other than herbs. Drying food is an old technique…
Garden Photography: 7 Steps for Taking Great Pictures
My Photography Gear I have started to get a lot of questions about my photography gear and how I…
Critter Feature: Box Turtle
Mr. Box Turtle One particular joy I get out of gardening is seeing numerous wild animals enjoy my yard as…
Summer Weekend Favorites #4
Summer Harvest This week has been busy with food preservation and fall garden planting. The biggest workload as of now…
How to Prune Raspberries and Blackberries
When to Prune Raspberries and Blackberries Pruning raspberries and blackberries after the harvest is a necessity for an orderly, trouble free…
Preserving the Harvest Part 2: Freezing
Put It On Ice Freezing is my favorite method of preserving. Prepping is minimal and I can get ripe produce…
Falls Park on the Reedy|A Nature Lover's Paradise in Greenville, SC
Falls Park is a garden lover’s dream…. I admit that this is the first time I actually stopped in Greenville,…
Summer Weekend Favorites #3
Phew…it’s hot out there! It’s the middle of July and we are already thinking about back to school and fall…
Get More Out of Your Vegetable Garden: Succession Planting
Double Your Harvest with Second Plantings When spring and early summer crops have been harvested, keep the garden going with…
Sweet Potato Vine Stir Fry
Sweet Potatoes: An Entirely Edible Plant Did you know you could eat the vines and leaves of a sweet potato…
Summer Weekend Favorites #2
Happy 4th of July! This week started off hot and humid…what do I expect, I live in the South!…
Summer Rose Pruning
Time to give the Knockouts a cut! Today I saw the last petals fall from my Blushing Knockout Rose. It’s…
