I am infatuated with plants. My particular crush of the moment is on vegetable plants. But I have room in my heart for them all. Sometimes even weeds make me blush. I just can’t choose one type to court. This indiscriminate love has led me to Punk Rock Gardens. I have the opportunity to take [...]
If you’d like to plant a extra row and share your produce but you’re not sure how to get it to those in need, The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and Channels Food Rescue can help.
So what are we fighting for? Does the increasing interest in Victory Gardens tied to Iraq or Afghanistan? Not directly.
Along the drive through the woods to the house, under the winter brown riot of honeysuckle and tear-thumb vine, regiments of daffodil leaves muster for the first assault of the new season. Soon, the dark ground will crumble and heave out new growth of every sort, from early flowers to the first clacking, leggy hordes of bugs that make a gardener’s life so full and varied.
So you read Michael Pollan and saw Michelle Obama encourage community gardens at the Department of Agriculture. Your friends have been talking about victory gardens and you’re tired of never knowing what’s really in your food. Maybe you lost your job and now feel like you have the time and motivation to grow your own [...]
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Tomatoes Anyone?
by Laura Mathews · March 29, 2009
If you want to start seedlings yet this year, it’s time to do it. If you want to start lettuce or onions or peas, you now have the choice of starting them indoors or directly sowing these cold hearty vegetables.