it’s just me and the… vultures?

January 1, 2024

Happy New Year! As I (once again) try to revive this blog, I am keeping company with what I think is a committee of turkey vultures right outside my window. It’s a bit eerie in an…

snowy pine landscape

meanwhile, winter arrived suddenly

November 13, 2022

As a return from an unplanned hiatus, I’d meant for this post to be all about the things I love most in the fall season. However, winter arrived suddenly yesterday. From all the projections, while the…

first seeds to go in this year

February 1, 2022

It seems hard to believe but it’s time to start seeds indoors – at least some of them. For my Zone 6a garden, the first seeds to go in this year are onions and leeks. The…

Book Review: Homegrown Pantry

book review: homegrown pantry

January 10, 2022

Greetings! I am coming to you today with another book review. I recently purchased Homegrown Pantry by Barbara Pleasant. This book was published in 2017 and the subtitle tells us exactly what to expect: A Gardener’s…

a new year filled with peace and happiness

January 1, 2022

That’s my wish for all of us. Greetings and Happy New Year. Is your new year off to a good start? I’m spending some time this weekend enjoying a walk through the garden, and that almost…

lively italian yellow pepper

plant spotlight: lively italian sweet yellow pepper

October 3, 2021

Greetings! As fall is kicking into gear, we are heavy in the midst of garden cleanup over here at the woodland garden, like every other gardener in the northern hemisphere probably is at this time of…

Sedum 'Coral Carpet'

planting a few fall perennials

September 28, 2021

Wrapping up a mostly successful vegetable gardening season (that I woefully failed to post about all summer long), I’ve just this week added a few fall perennials. I guess technically, they are just “perennials”. I happen…

book review: epic tomatoes

May 24, 2021

Hey there, all my tomato-growing friends! I have a book review for you on what is likely the definitive book on growing tomatoes, for all of us home gardeners at least. As I’m getting my tomato…

Matt's Wild Cherry

plant spotlight – matt’s wild cherry tomatoes

February 19, 2021

Greetings fellow gardeners! While many of us have gardens that are covered under a thick blanket of snow at the moment, it’s seed starting time for some vegetables. If you grow tomatoes from seed, maybe you…

matts wild cherry tomato

despite it all, 2020 gave us our best garden

December 19, 2020

Hello! How’ve you been? Safe and well, I hope. It’s been a long minute since my last post and in case you are still around and wondering… The man and I have had an interesting year.…

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