Hello, my name is Angi and I’m a seedaholic. They say admitting it is the first step to recovery. But, I’m not so sure I want to be recovered. There’s just something about seeds. When I pass by those little stands of seeds at the store (and it seems like every store is in […]
In the garden…tomato hornworms or tobacco hornworms
This weekend we discovered tomato hornworms in our garden. Can you see it? Carl had to show me several times before I could figure out what he was showing me. This is how he knew something was up…leaves totally stripped from the top of a very healthy tomato plant. So now, each evening we have […]
Tips for Using a Soil Block Builder to Start Seeds
Last year when I started seeds, I used toilet paper rolls to start them. It worked fine. But then I saw the soil block builder and I knew I’d never be content with toilet paper rolls again. Never heard of a soil block builder? Let me introduce you. It’s this cool tool that takes soil and […]
Planning the spring garden
I was able to spend a few moments this weekend planning out our spring garden. I’m trying to remember to keep it simple this year. We have so many other things to do this spring and summer that I only want to plant what we can take care of reasonably well. Of course, my resolve […]
In the garden…squash vine borers
If you go out to your garden and the squash that has been doing just fine, is suddenly wilted, you probably have vine borers. We have these every year and since we don’t spray our plants we will probably always have them. We’ve learned how to manage them over the years so that their damage […]
In the garden…starting seeds
I mentioned earlier that one of our gardening goals is to keep our garden going all year. In keeping with full disclosure let me say that we have never been able to eat from the garden exclusively for a year, but we have that goal. Some years we do pretty good and some years we don’t do so […]