After a long, dark winter and a Valentine’s Day snow storm, it is finally time to plan your garden! True vegetable growing die-hards,...

The Winter Solstice arrived recently - which for those of us in Seattle meant a 7:55 sunrise and a 16:24 sunset! I am sure that many...

Where were you in 1986? Maybe you remember the song by Swedish rock band Europe? Anyway, a few gray cloudy days this last week have given...

Home gardens provide a habitat for birds and insects.  Choosing plants that support these “friends” can help you keep the “foes” of your...

June in Seattle started and ended the same way - with gray rainy skies!  We know where the term "June-uary" comes from I guess!  Here's...

By now I am sure all of you have heard about the revival of the Victory Garden. During WWI and WWII Victory Gardens were vegetable,...

Agriculture is "trendy" in 2020 was the theme of the U.S. Virgin Islands annual Agriculture Fair this year. The dioramas created by...

Falling back today gave us an extra hour of sleep last night and this sunny Seattle weather motivated me to get outside and wrap up the...

Fall Garden planning - happening now! Summer is in full swing here in Seattle after a few weeks of gloomy weather!  Are you anxiously...

Which is your favorite? The terms Summer and Winter squash date back to a time when the seasons were more crucial to human survival than...

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick…… Do you hear that ticking sound?  Think 60 Minutes - that is the clock counting down the last few minutes...

I was thinking about one of the first plants I successfully grew (given my long time history as a plant killer) and recalled that I had...

Spring has finally sprung! Now that the ground is no longer frozen we can start getting our green on! Peas are one of the first crops...

As the cold gray winter days continue, I have added a little “sunshine” to my life by starting some seeds! While it is much too early to...

During these long dark days of January the seed catalogs start to arrive and give us hope that Spring will soon be here! Seed catalogs...

While the weather in Seattle reached nearly 60 degrees today, the arrival of darkness at 4:30 PM reminds us that it is November. The...

"A crop is a crop and who's to say where the harvest shall stop" - Robert Frost The season is changing and the warm summer crops are...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver Eating on the Wild Side - Jo Robinson Food Grown Right, in your Backyard - Colin Mc...

We are lucky to live in the Pacific Northwest with its long sunny summer days and mild (if wet) winters. This allows a home vegetable...