Blog Feed: Get in the Garden

P-O-P Corn

Published on 2010-09-23 10:17:43

The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves. W. C. Fields Fresh popping corn bought from a local farmer each autumn has become a tradition for our family. Each Thanksgiving Day as we eagerly [...] > read more

#Gardenchat Facelift: New Format

Published on 2010-09-21 08:45:38

#gardenchat Mondays, 9 p.m. (ET) – 10:00 p.m. What do you get when you add one garden topic, one guest host who specializes in that topic, an avid and friendly group of gardeners and Twitter? The answer is #gardenchat, a forum for sharing all t > read more

Talking Pumpkins?!

Published on 2010-09-18 09:32:42

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. ~Henry David Thoreau Our heirloom pumpkin harvest is still a few weeks off. Though the vines are starting to die back a bit and the [...] > read more

Make Your Own Pectin

Published on 2010-09-17 06:59:36

“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each [...] > read more

Conserving Calories In The Garden

Published on 2010-09-16 08:23:46

“Evolution has not been kind to the bees.” R. Hellmann Plant ecologist Robert Hellmann has a lifelong love of studying plants. His passion is now being lived out as he restores six acres of abandoned farm land to reflect the native wild > read more

Wordless Wednesday: Chasing Butterflies

Published on 2010-09-15 09:18:18

I’ve watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! Indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless! – not frozen seas More motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Ha > read more

A Local Gem

Published on 2010-09-13 14:43:44

A gentlemen is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. ~George Bernard Shaw I never know what new things I’ll discover when I visit local garden shops. On a recent trip to our favorite nursery we not only found several native plan > read more

Where Have All The Gall Flies Gone?

Published on 2010-09-09 13:29:41

I know the lands are lit With all the autumn blaze of Goldenrod. ~Helen Hunt Jackson, Asters and Goldenrod Today’s damp autumn weather has kept me indoors tending to the chores I left unfinished the moment spring’s first breath was up > read more

Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate

Published on 2010-09-02 14:02:52

Is not a kiss the very autograph of love? ~Henry Finck Have you ever grown a plant for years only to have it slowly disappear, unnoticed perhaps, from your garden? I confess that though I keep a good record of what I have planted every season ther > read more

Wordless Wednesday: Favorite Garden Sights

Published on 2010-09-01 11:33:36

“It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. > read more