The Dirt
Protect Yourself from Nature
Gardening Self Care by Sandy Swegel Being in the garden is lots of fun…the time with nature, the growing, even the weeding are all a joy to the gardener. Less fun is how dirty we get and how irritating nature can be to our bodies, especially in the form of excess sun and pollen. Here […]
First Frost: Is There Still Time?
Preparing Your Plants for the Coming Frost by Sandy Swegel Frost? Are you crazy some might say? We’re finally hitting 90 degrees and the tomatoes are starting to grow. And you’re thinking about frost? But this isn’t about the last frost in the Spring…it’s about the first frost in the Fall. Knowing when the first […]
Name Your Garden!
Gardens Name Themselves by Sandy Swegel A friend told me years ago that everything should have a name, even inanimate objects. She was helping me garden one year and within just a couple of weeks, everything we might ever have a need to refer to had a name. The big orange wheelbarrow, of course, was […]