Fall Berries
Certified Organic Seeds We think of maple leaves when we think of Fall color, but berries that ripen in the Fall offer vivid color that lasts well into winter. They also provide food for birds and small mammals when there’s not much else to eat in winter. Words cannot adequately describe the wild colors you’ll […]
Apples
All About Apples by Sandy Swegel Two things I learned about apples this year. Reduce codling moths in your trees. A few years ago, I started following the advice of a local organic farmer to pick up the bad apples under my apple trees. I’ve always left them there to compost in place or waited […]
Fall Blooming Bulbs and Corms
Colchicums by Sandy Swegel Colchicums! These huge flowers of Fall are still some of my absolute favorite flowers that I look forward to each year. They grow with virtually no attention and have thrived in a shady, pretty dry hosta garden that lacks color so much of the year. It’s been seven years since I […]