The Summer the Animals Came Close
For 25 years, my husband and I have gardened, composted, and planted natives on a quarter acre in our small Oregon city. We shaped the yard into zones, raising veggies, …
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A Gardening Poem That Feels Like Summer
When George Gershwin wrote “Summertime” back in 1934, he’d never live long enough to know that it would become one of the most covered songs in history (over 25,000 …
Home Groan
I suppose there are one or two people out there somewhere who are so perfectly organized that they actually keep all their gardening equipment in one easy-to-reach spot. …
Buried Treasure
Is anybody—other than me, that is—a fan of the BBC series “Dectorists”? The show centers around the adventures of Lance and Andy (Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook) of Britain’s (wholly …
How to Farm With Children
Pregnancy—Keep working outside every day. When feeling nauseated in the Spring, slowly pick and munch on raw kale buds while working and hope it’s nutrition your body needs. When it …
Sharing with Sheldon
I will never forget the day that I came home from work to find my husband Kim puttering around with a new glass terrarium. A terrarium? Kim? What was going …
Picking Flowers
I have always been captivated by picking flowers. When I was a little girl, I picked the sweet blue henbit, the Winter weed that shimmers azure in early Spring as …
Dealing with Radish Diseases
Like all food crops, radishes are susceptible to various fungal diseases, however they’re quite the tough crop. Because of their short growing period, they don’t have much time to develop …
Planting Radishes in the Ground or in Raised Beds
Radishes can be planted directly in the ground or in raised beds, four to six weeks before the last frost. …
Crop Rotation Basics for a Freedom Garden
If you have a small backyard plot for your Freedom Garden, or a porch garden, or a space where you grow herbs beside your kitchen window, you might wonder what …
