Simple and easy vegetable and flower gardening tips and tricks. Natural garden pest and weed control.
Weeds are the bane of the existence of people who want to attract attention to their well-groomed flower beds and landscape, not to the freeloading plants that seem to pop up seemingly overnight. I let some weeds in some places thrive, like dandelions that can become wine and milkweed to feed the monarchs, but weeds…
I’ve come to learn that there are some good invasive plants. But, when you think about invasive plants, you probably think of plants that choke out other plants, especially native species or those that are harmful to the environment or the delicate balance of nature. Invasive plant species that overtake natural areas are especially damaging….
Don’t despair if your chives have gone to seed. Here’s an easy and tasty use for chive blossoms. Chive flowers Chive flowers are beautiful— they belong to the allium family, some of which are those purple-globed flowers that accent our flower gardens—but chive blooms mean there are fewer edible chives. Once you see a chive…
Tomato worms make my skin crawl. A couple of years ago, I went out to the garden and found that the leaves were stripped off my tomato plants. If you have intact tomato plants one day and just stalks the next, you may have tomato worms. I have decided to call these pests tomato worms…
Get a start on the season by starting tomato seeds indoors Here in Vermont, Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March marks the day to start vegetable seeds. I always start tomato seeds indoors because the growing season is so short here. After abandoning vegetable gardening for flower gardening years ago, prices, concern for…
