This weekend I was excited to hear from a reader that has an AMAZING garden.  Her 1,000+ square feet of garden space is simply beautiful, as evidenced by the beautiful image below.  Karina’s garden features the following (plus, I have it on good authority that she also has a “mini” orchard with apples, peaches and pears.  Oh Karina, you and your family will be so thankful this...

The past year and a half, going on two years has been a wonderful experience for our family and we are ready to take on another challenge. A Garden! We have had gardens in the past but really we never pushed them for the crop yield that we could get from them.  We never really cared because we living in rural America with fruit and vegetable stands on just about every corner.  We can pick up any...

Recently we received a great question from a reader that has a family of seven in Tennessee. She was curious about what garden plants to grow and when it was best to plant them. The best resource I can provide her or anyone else of the University Extension office and Master Gardener group nearest to where you live. Here is a map of all the Master Gardner Programs in the USA. http://www.ahs.org/master_gardeners/ If...

I grew up on a farm and so we had lots of junk to play with.  Mostly out of the “Bone Yard”… What you ask is the “Bone Yard”? Well when you have a farm you often have many cars, trucks, tractors, and other farming projects they sometimes become…um…what is the word, dead… broke down… unfixable.  But most of all you can not haul them off because...

Are you looking for a safe way to keep weeds and grasses from growing in the cracks of your driveway, sidewalk, walkway and paving stones? Try this: Sprinkle handfuls of baking soda onto the concrete and then sweep it into the cracks where the weed s are or wherever you want to prevent them from growing. The added sodium will make the area much less hospitable to dandelions and their friends. To purchase...