Organ­i­cally rich, com­post is easy to make with things you cur­rently just throw in the garbage can. Photo by Kessler Pho­tog­ra­phy It might be too hot to do much in the gar­den besides the basics, but it’s a good time to start mak­ing com­post if you haven’t already. Com­post is decayed organic mat­ter that has […]

May! Spring is in full bloom now and how won­der­ful it is to see the green land­scape again. Maybe you want a lit­tle bit of flower power for your­self, but don’t have the space or desire to dig up a gar­den plot.  Con­sider con­tainer gar­den­ing.  They can’t be beat for urban gar­den­ing, acces­si­ble gar­den­ing or” no […]

I don’t know about you, but I really, really don’t like rodents run­ning loose, either in my house or on my prop­erty. Pets aside, rodents are not much fun.  Car­ry­ing dis­eases, dig­ging up the land­scape, eat­ing elec­tri­cal wires, bit­ing chil­dren, destroy­ing plant­i­ngs and crops, and drop­ping mouse dirt all over the house are only a […]