The Dirt
Eat More Pie
by Sandy Swegel Now that’s the kind of advice I like to hear from a scientific study. Yesterday someone served me some organic “wild” blueberries (Woodstock brand, frozen) and I was immediately smitten with the intensely delicious flavor of these half-size berries. I’ve been eating more blueberries lately for health reasons…good antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, protective against […]
Five Spot: A wildflower for shade and for native bees
Wildflower Seeds by Sandy Swegel I love blue flowers so naturally I am enthused about our new “Blue Blazes” collection of seeds for eight different blue wildflowers. What really caught my attention is a little flower I’ve never seen growing that now I just have to have. Nemophila maculata is white with single blue-purple spots […]
Attract Chickadees to Your Garden
All About Chickadees by Sandy Swegel Chickadees are out and about on warm winter days. They are the tiny white birds with black heads that are flittering and chirping vocally on sunny January days. I often see them in the top branches of evergreens. Chickadees are small birds that don’t migrate but hunker down in […]