One crisp, foggy morning last week, I noticed this beautiful spiderweb on my deck.  The sunlight bounced off the dew on the web and I just knew I had to get a photograph of it. I stepped out onto the deck, which was very wet with dew, and started snapping photos. And that's when I started to hear this weird noise.  I could hear it moving like a wave across the woods and swamp behind my house, across my deck.  It was a gentle cracking sound with a rustling of leaves that sounded almost like … [Read more...]

Whether you reasons to save seeds are to save money on gardening next year or to continue growing heirloom plants (or both!), I want to share a few tips on how to get started. … [Read more...]

After a period of slow growing,  we're finally starting to be able to enjoy fresh food from our garden and yard. And it is pure happiness!  I've picked more than 3 quarts of fresh raspberries, and we've enjoyed several meals of broccoli and green beans from our little garden plot.  We've even had enough cherry tomatoes for a salad. There's something immensely satisfying about being able to eat food that you have grown. It's nice to know where it was grown, how it was grown, and you simply … [Read more...]

How does my garden grow? Slowly. We had a bit of a late start this year because the weather was unseasonably cold (we had snow in May!) and damp at the beginning of the season.  Then we alternated between cool and rainy and hot and humid. So unlike past years, we haven't been able to harvest much from our two little 4x4 garden plots.  We've had just one meal of green beans and that's it.  The broccoli plants are barely forming heads.  The cherry tomatoes are still green.  Some of my … [Read more...]