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Peas are a cool weather crop though. They don’t like summer heat as they’re prone to mildew when it gets hot and dry. I grow them as an...

Easter ham with home grown asparagus!

Counting down for this beautiful purple broccoli!

Rhubarb, as in Strawberry Rhubarb pie! It's a little early and the stems were small and short. But, there were plenty of them and the...

Some more recent bean mail. This is a beautiful bean I ran across about two weeks ago. From a grower in Pescadaro, California. The...

i hope they do well for you. we had nice crops a few years and then the groundhogs ... :( the ones towards the end of the season did...

Well hang in there. Spring will be just around the corner. We are still having cool, windy conditions at times, but it's as though a...

Isn't it gorgeous?! It's my favorite color of rose, I actually have these ones tattooed on me. So I audibly squealed when it FINALLY...

I stand corrected-- it was indeed Ninny Mary that recommended this melon. Thanks for pointing that out flowerbug. Hopefully we'll hear...

In a city-size lot, I have been fairly successful in tormenting ants enough to encourage them to move – probably just to a neighbor's...

The "Dry Pea and Lentil Capital of the US" lies less than 100 miles to the south. At one time, I imagined this meant that Austrian field...

What's your weather like this time of the year Pulsegleaner?? Is it beginning to look like spring?

Thanks for the great ideas to discourage ants. This time of year can be challenging with insects as temps warm up. It’s like the...

The gardens are bursting with spring flowers!

I noticed a heavy infestation of tiny ants along the edge of our lawn, where it meets the driveway. There were so many that it looked...