The Dirt
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 […]
Front Yard Vegetable Gardens
Heirloom Vegetable Seeds I’m fortunate to know lots of gardeners. They are a quiet bunch for the most part and sometimes rather eccentric. But they are on the forefront of an environmental movement that is making a big difference in our community: turning front yards into vegetable gardens! It begins as the gardener runs out […]
Very Basic Seed Starting
Try These Seed Starting Tips I teach basic seed starting for beginners classes every year and while there are often some people who are true beginners and have never started seeds before, more people who seek out a class are gardeners who have tried starting seeds and had some failures. So I like to keep […]