I grew up with a traditional garden - plowing in the fall, tilling in the spring, and tilling/hoeing between the rows during the summer. In ...

I think I'm enjoying my garden more this year than I have for years.  For quite a few years I was either pregnant, had a small baby, or ...

February might be brown and cold here in Pennsylvania, but colorful seed packets are arriving in the mail and I'm beginning to dream abo...

Two weeks ago I took some photos of my garden. Since then it has grown - both more weedy and more dry. The last two weeks have had many day...

I'm always amused at the difference between spring and fall in the garden. Or at least in my attitude toward the garden. In the spri...

  What happened to the last weeks? I realize that it is too late in the month to be talking about what we plan to do in September as the m...

I have dried tomatoes for several years, but I have had trouble rehydrating them easily for use. Last year I tried placing them in oil ...

I remember an old friend of our family who, every time he ate an especially yummy tomato, would squeeze out a few seeds into a bowl t...

We have struggled for many years to grow grapes.  Every year, something takes our fruit. We've had late frosts that withered the...