I love visiting other people’s gardens, particularly if they have fruit and vegetables growing in them. So, I was thrilled to be able to go on a tour of local ‘edible’ gardens earlier this month. This is the second year of the Arcadia Edible Garden Tour, which is made up of a collection of residential […]
Do you ever wonder what you should be doing in your garden in a particular month? As a freelance writer, I write a few monthly gardening articles and newsletters. So, instead of writing an entirely new blog post, here is my latest “What To Do In The Garden” article for the Southwest that I wrote […]
As you know, I enjoy growing my own vegetables. Many people ask me what the secret is to a healthy vegetable garden. Well, what if I told you that the secret ingredient is a natural fertilizer that improves your soil, is plentiful and very cheap. Would you want to try it in your garden? Chances […]
White Onions Isn’t this flower beautiful? You may be surprised that a vegetable produced this flower. This is the flower from a onion plant. You would expect that the onion plant that produced this flower would be equally impressive, like the one in the picture above. But sadly, the onion that created the flower in […]
About this time of the year, I am busy helping my vegetable gardens transition into summer. That means pulling any remaining leaf lettuce. Yes, it hurts to know that I now have to buy lettuce until next fall when I can grow it again. Even though not all of my lettuce had bolted, none […]
I love getting a great deal, don’t you? Back in October, I spent $2.40 for eight heads of garlic, from my local grocery store. I planted them and 7 months later, it was time to harvest them. As I stepped into the side vegetable garden, I took a good look at my garlic. It was […]
Well, I made it home after visiting five states in 8 days. One of the things that I enjoy most about my annual road trips is discovering the people, places, history, food and gardens of the different regions of the United States. Annual road trips My road trip, this year, took me to parts […]
The last state of our road trip was perhaps, the best – Kentucky. My southern ancestry is from Kentucky and I was excited to explore this state. Of course, no visit to Kentucky is complete without a visit to a very famous celebrity known for his famous ‘original’ chicken recipe. We visited the cafe where […]
One of my favorite stops on our road trip this year was visiting the gardens at the University of Tennessee. Earlier in our trip, I visited the gardens of the University of South Carolina, so I was looking forward to seeing more campus gardens. Even though, I had heard great things about the gardens at UT, […]
We have left South Carolina for one of my favorite parts of North Carolina – Asheville. I had visited Asheville 2 1/2 years ago and was so excited to return. Each time we go on a road trip, we stay in regular hotels – (Hampton Inn is our favorite). However, we usually pick one special […]
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