Goodbye Summer or Hello Fall? I can never decide whether to think of Labor Day weekend as Summer’s grand finale or Autumn’s grand opening. Maybe it’s just a reminder of constant movement; which is actually fitting since the holiday was created to celebrate the achievements of American workers, who have been world renown for busy-ness,…
Fall Is The Best I used to think that planting time was the day after you bought your stuff that needed to be planted. I went to the nursery whenever the mood struck and planted it in the next day or so, and really that worked just fine. Our mild climate means that we really…
It’ll Only Take A Moment As summer winds down, I’m anxiously looking forward to cooler and less humid weather, a little extra free time around the house to catch up on some “deferred maintenance,” and especially working in the fall garden. But before we head too far down that road, it’s good to take a…
Grow Your Own Growing figs in your backyard has lots of benefits. Of course, the fresh figs themselves are first and foremost. It’s nearly impossible to buy fresh figs in some areas of the country, so growing your own may be the only way to get them. Then there’s all of the recipes in which…
Vigna unguiculata Southern peas is a name that encompasses all of the different types of cowpeas: California Blackeye (maybe the most famous, but far from the best), Pink Eye Purple Hull, Mississippi Silver, and seemingly endless others. Other potentially confusing generic names for this group include protepeas, crowder peas and cream peas (not creamed peas)….