The Dirt
What to Unplant
How to Help Your Plants Stay Productive by Sandy Swegel I’ve been watching my neighbor Tory’s vegetable garden with great interest this year. She worked as a farm intern (ie. Full-time farming, almost no money) the last couple of years and has brought farm techniques to her home garden. Yesterday as we enjoyed the latest […]
Elderflowers!
Elderflower Recipes by Sandy Swegel My favorite foraging is for the elder plant…both the elderflowers now and the elderberries later in summer. I adore elderberries in jam or sauce and that’s my primary use for the berries (in addition to a medicinal elixir.) But once I knew the location of sufficient elderberry bushes and trees that I could […]
Tackling Weeds
What to do When You Are Overwhelmed by Weeds by Sandy Swegel Our friend and blog reader CJ recently sent us some great suggestions about tackling weeds when you are absolutely overwhelmed by weeds on your property. She has a large hilly country property that is atop a mesa so weed seeds fly in from […]