I've heard so much about mixing honey and garlic but never had the nerve to try it. Now that I grow my own garlic I figured I'd give it a try....
Ok. Last year was terrible for my gardening attempt so I let the garden go wild. I mentioned the success of the wild back in April in another...
I've harvested half of my garlic last week and plan to harvest the rest this week. I think it might be time to harvest the shallots, too. Any...
Last autumn, I began hearing a bird that makes a sound similar to the accelerating whir (wine) sound of a truck engine. I'd hear it occasionally...
Good morning, all! I am a first-timer with a garlic crop and everything is going very well. I have my first harvest of garlic scapes and don't...
Get a look at these!!! I've looked up a bunch of recipes and have found a lot on compound butter, pickled scapes, pestos and stir fries. What...
If those of us that had a lousy growing season for our veggies last year learned anything from the mess the weather made of our gardens it was...
Many gardeners and even professional farmers of New England complained about the growing season last year. It seemed that there was too much rain...
Just because she's the first I've seen doesn't mean she's the first one of the season to partake of the Creeping Charlies that fill our yard, but...
Come on, people. You must be able to think of something good about those stinky animals! Yes, the first thing we think of when we hear the word...
Today is Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022. o_O [ATTACH] Just a reminder of New England farmer's knowledge for winter and spring: January, the...
Our weather, here in New England, is flip-flopping like crazy. It hits 60, I get ready to plant, but then see that the temps will drop down to...
Good morning! One question about raised beds: How do people fit so many different vegetable plants into them? My beds are 8 feet long and 3 feet...
Can somebody help me read Robins? I always thought that seeing a bunch of robins means that spring is near, but the past couple of seasons, they...
Location, location, location... and I have the worst! Each season, I learn something new, sometimes contradictory, about my gardens and how to...
So, I gave up on the garden this year since we had such a terrible season. I let it go to the weeds. I'm terrible at keeping up with weeding...
I admit I'm a lousy gardener. I can't keep up with the weeding and can't even recognize what to pull and what to leave. I've come up with a plan...
Woolly bear predicts a mild winter for southern New England! (sorry, I didn't have my camera with me) According to old farmer folklore, a broad...
I had big plans to really beef up my soil over the autumn and winter... and then I got my garlic I forgot I ordered a few months back. I LOVE...
I've got Mountain Princess, Moskavich and Glacier Tomatoes. They are supposed to be ready in 60 - 65 days. They stopped growing at about a foot...
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