Winter can be both a welcomed reprieve from gardening chores, or a season of dread for the home gardener. If you are the latter, have hope as you can actually grow lettuce in winter and keep your garden growing a little longer. You may have heard of using hydroponics and artificial lights to grow vegetables, […]

Every fall, sometime in October or November, I put my garden to bed. I pull a fleece blanket over it, tuck it in real tight and say goodnight. Just kidding. Putting the garden to bed is just a layman’s term for cleaning the garden at the end of the season and preparing it for the […]

Overall my garden has been lackluster this year. I believe you get out of the garden what you put in and I just have not had the time or energy to put much in this year. However, I’m happy to report a great first apple harvest this year! Apple Harvest At our recent neighborhood block party […]