A Simple Act of Planting a Tree
Plant A Tree. “Only caring individuals can restore the places we inhabit. The ‘simple act of planting a tree’ not only restores the places we live, but makes us whole and powerful again.”– Paul Hawken, Smith and Hawken Queen Bee Becky of BBB Seed and I were talking the other day about how many fruit […]
How to Outsmart Your Weeds
Our Favorite Weeding Tips by Sandy Swegel It’s Spring. Your plants are tiny and growing. Your weeds are huge and growing. If you want a nice garden, you really do have to outsmart your weeds and deal with the weeds that are gobbling up your soil nutrients and drinking your water. Weeding doesn’t have to […]
3 Superfast Ways to Weed this Spring!
How to Quickly Handle Weeds 1. Off with their heads. Most of us spend our time nurturing seedlings….but weed seedlings are a very different species. With the first warm spells of spring, hundreds of thousands of weed seeds germinate. I sharpen my hand-held hoe (a scuffle hoe works too…any sharp edge) and one swift run along the […]