While most of our garden still slumbers under a tangle of fallen sunflower stalks and the weeds and grass that are beginning to take it o...

I was beginning to think that, for the first time in memory, we might not be planting tomatoes in our garden. My neighbor, Susana , had p...

The blueberries were the first to go in, a selection that included Duke, Blueray, Earliblue and a mature Bluecrop bush from a friend who ...

And so it begins. We spent the weekend tilling, weeding, picking up a load of compost (above) and spreading it over our garden beds. All...

It's been said before, but to me a garden is an exercise in hope. Especially this year, with the cool temperatures and wet weather maki...

Sometimes there's a pony or a shiny bike under the Christmas tree, and sometimes you get socks instead. Expectations are like that and,...

There's nothing like a little competition to get you inspired, is there? It happens to Dave whenever the neighbor next door gets out and...

Ya gotta love a guy who gets all motivated by the activity next door and decides to build a raised bed for our tomatoes this year. The loca...