the vegetable garden

O is for Ornamental Peppers

O is for Ornamental Peppers

There comes a moment in every gardener’s journey when you look at a plant and think: “Wait a minute… is that food, or is that decoration?” With ornamental peppers, the answer is  …
Finding Family In a Garden

Finding Family In a Garden

It's Spring as I write this and we've already harvested some early greens and a few root vegetables like radishes. Daffodils, tulips, and hellebore brought some much-needed color to the  …
Birds Are the Path To a Healing Garden

Birds Are the Path To a Healing Garden

I think of almost every garden as a healing garden. Sometimes that can be literal, such as gardens filled with medicinal herbs. Other times a healing garden is figurative, such  …
13 Deadly Vegetable Garden Pests

13 Deadly Vegetable Garden Pests

I’m just going to say it: There is a lot that can go wrong with a garden. Somehow, we humans have cultivated vegetables for about 10,000 years. But a few  …
Is Gardening With Kids Still Worthwhile?

Is Gardening With Kids Still Worthwhile?

While reading today’s story, I am reminded of my own children when they were young, and how they were always watching and listening, even if they weren’t particularly interested in  …