Kid’s Gardening – How to Get Your Kids Interested
It may be difficult to imagine your kids gardening or even interested in it. They cannot even feed the puppy that they begged for 6 months ago. Interested or not, it can be of benefit to at least talk to your children about your love of gardening, and why you do what you do. Children may need to be coerced at first to peel away from the television or video games, but once they become …
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: May 2009
Today is Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day! Each month on the 15th day, rain or shine, bloggers from around the world take pictures of everything blooming in their gardens, and showcase it for everyone to see. You can go on a little virtual garden tour by visiting Carol over at May Dreams Gardens. Be sure to add your blog to the list!
Here is what’s …
Gardening: Don’t Freak Out!
Today, the Twitter world is all aflutter about this article in the Boston Herald. To be fair, I almost had a heart attack while reading it. Then, I started tweeting in all caps. That is a sure sign of a mental breakdown. But, now all of my twitter friends are going to comment on the article with helpful gardening suggestions. That …
What is Organic Gardening, Really?
Today, we debuted our new organic gardening ebook. This is a very exciting development in the evolution of goorganicgardening.com! I feel like we have a great product to offer new gardeners, or experienced gardeners that are used to gardening conventionally, with lots of synthetic inputs. I really think that you can go from zero to competent in one season if you follow the …
Have a Green Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day (almost) everyone! Need a gift? Ditch the pesticide/chemically drenched conventionally grown cut flowers and go green! This morning, I learned that my husband is planning for us to celebrate this event. So, basically, I find myself in the position that most men find themselve in on or near Valentine’s Day. I HAVE NO PLANS! I have no gift. I have no idea. I …
Go With me on my Gardening Journey
Yesterday, I talked to Chris. It is always interesting, because he lives in the freezing cold wasteland of Canada (just kidding, Chris. Love ya!) and I live in the (generally) warm and toasty North Carolina. He gardens in the temperate plain region, and I garden in the coastal, humid south. He …
Be Thankful for Gardening
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States. It has almost disappeared as a holiday, with Christmas decorations going up right after Halloween in many places. (I think WalMart had a tree up on November 1.) I still like it for what it is: a chance to gather with family and friends after a long summer. It is a chance to hunker down for winter. Where I …
The $64 Tomato
Because the snow is starting to fly, it is time for a garden book review! What is nicer than sitting by a crackling fire with a good book. This week’s book is The $64 Tomato, by William Alexander. I was, at first, skeptical about this book. I am skeptical …
