The Dirt
Triage Your Tulips
Wildflower Seeds by Sandy Swegel Late Spring is a busy time in the garden. We’re trying to keep up with weeding and get the tomatoes growing and we often procrastinate the task of dealing with the old foliage of tulips and other spring blooms. A half an hour’s attention now will make next year’s Spring […]
Gardening to Save Your Life
Growing Food in Hard Times by Sandy Swegel My heart is breaking this week with the stories coming out of Venezuela of severe food shortages and 5000 ordinary people looting food warehouses on Wednesday because they and their families were starving. They are right to be desperate. At the end of April, the government announced […]
Weeds Are Our Friends
Tips for Weeds by Sandy Swegel Say what? Well, Spring weeds ARE my friends. August weeds not so much. But Spring is finally overcoming winter and the big leafy weeds are the proof. So what’s to love about Spring Weeds? The most important thing is they are an abundant source of food for pollinators. They […]