The health of your soil is a priority for growing a good garden. When you go to any major big box home improvement store you will find countless options of soil for sale. Take some time before purchasing to ensure your soil is healthy. If you are growing plants in...
No matter where you live you can grow plants, even if it is an apartment. Consider these 6 things when you are ready to grow a successful garden. Garden Space The first item to consider is your space: do you live in an apartment or don’t have a yard. That is okay,...
Dill (Anthem graveolens) is a great starter to use in your herb garden. This feathery looking plant can fill in a bed nicely on its own or combine well with other herbs. Dill in the Garden Due to the delicate root system dill does not transplant well. Plant it...
Immigration is a hot button topic these days. Reports of 10’s of thousands of children crossing the border. Stories of them bringing potential illness, stealing our jobs, or worse. Then you have an unknown number of people that are already here illegally. Politics and...
Strawberry Barrel (Container gardening) SNAP Benefits Do you know what SNAP Benefits are? The acronym stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) once known as food stamps. This is an entitlement program used to assist people who are experiencing...
Why would I think we are our own worst enemy? Climate Change Last month I wrote about the UN study that warned of the continued risk of global warming, climate change. I expressed my surprise that this issue wasn’t being taken more seriously. Since then we have heard...
