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Food Chains, Who Ya Gonna Love?

The Beauty of Nature by Sandy Swegel   Spring is such a good time for photos.  All life is bursting forth again and I’m enamored with the newness and uniqueness of everything. Daily I’m getting great email photos of nature showing up for the first time this year.  Some remind me nature can be awfully brutal […]

Plant more peas!

All About Planting Peas by Sandy Swegel Rev your garden engines folks.  Today is St. Patrick’s Day and the official start of pea season and there’s no need to wait.  You have jobs to do today — it’s time to plant more peas! Make sure beds are weeded. Those mallows from last year are easy […]

3 Veggies You Gotta Grow at Home

by Sandy Swegel These three veggies you gotta grow at home because they aren’t easy to find in grocery stores.  Even if you can buy them, they are so much better fresh out of the garden AND super easy to grow. Broccoli Raab Rapini This is a relative to big broccoli stalks. You get the same […]