The Dirt
Rules You Can’t Break
Some Rules You Can’t Break by Sandy Swegel Nature is a fierce taskmaster. We can bend many rules by starting seeds in our basements under lights or planting tomatoes in Walls of Water in the snow. But there are definite limits to how much nature will bend to our will and when we’ve just […]
Two ways to have more birds in your yard
Gardening Tips by Sandy Swegel I was chatting with a local bird habitat specialist hoping for some tips on what I could plant or build that would attract more birds to my new garden. I was surprised as she struggled to think of flowers that might work. Then she blurted: “The biggest obstacle to birds […]