Caught Unaware As a northern gardener who moved to the south, there were a few things that I had to get accustomed to. Climate and soil differences were obvious, and the adjustmments were relatively easy to make. One of the harder things to deal with has been fire ants. Fire ants are plentiful and robust…
Not your ordinary Shepherd’s Pie It’s sweet potato time in our house. We harvested our sweet potatoes a couple of weeks ago; they are cured and ready to eat. This year our crop was very generous and it’s time to start making all of our sweet potato favorites. This inspiration for this dish was from…
Garden Visitors Broadly speaking, gardeners tend to be wildlife lovers too. When I worked in garden centers, I regularly had conversations with clients who simultaneously wanted pointers on ridding their yard of one pest or another (without harming it) and attracting wildlife. Interestingly the key to both lies in understanding what these critters are looking…
For the past month we have been working as contributors to HGTVGardens.com. Mark and I are thrilled to have this opportunity to share our garden, cooking and crafting stories with others. HGTVGardens just release several of our articles on the site and we’d like to share them with our readers today. Bean Paste Stew with…
There’s no such thing as a good bug, right? First of all, there are plenty of places that we don’t need bugs: I don’t care for cockroaches, silverfish, or bedbugs (although I’m sure they serve their purposes). Once I’m outside, though I tend to give bugs the benefit of the doubt in order to protect…