Tuesday’s Tips — Grab Bag

Barbara: I've been running around all day doing errands — I HATE doing errands. I kept feeling like something was missing, like I was forgetting something. What could it be...? Tuesday!! OMG! It's near the end of the day and this day is Tuesday! Ding, ding, ding! Here are your tips — a miscellaneous trio....

Spring Twice Over and Busy as a Bee

Mary Beth: The last few weeks have been a bit crazy. Ray and I have been getting ready to leave Block Island. It's an exciting, stressful, sad time and my emotions are all over the place. I hate packing. Deciding what to leave and what to take and battling Ray for space in our trailer...

Sunday Zen

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Wordless Wednesday

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Tuesday’s Tips — Phenology

Here's a fascinating set of tips courtesy of Mother Nature. Using Nature to let you know when to plant crops by observing bud break on plants, the first appearance of specific insects, or the migration of birds is an age-old gardening/farming technique. The study of this practice is called phenology. And although it can sound...

Sunday Zen

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Bee Update — Good News, Bad News

Mary Beth: Good news first. I found eggs and it looks like a good mix of brood with a few drone cells mixed in. Yeah! Bad news. I saw a varroa mite on one of my bees! I've poured over my photos and I've only seen the one bee with a mite. What a sad...

Wordless Wednesday

East Coast

Tuesday’s Tips — Grab Bag

Barbara: I just bought Pat Welsh's Southern California Organic Gardening: Month By Month. What an amazing resource this is! A month-by-month guide to organic gardening, it's full-to-bursting with everything you need to know about growing beautiful, healthy plants. Even though this guide is written for my region, I would encourage the rest of you to...