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Oh, my little Lost story can't hold a candle to Marshall's hair raising experience! I was in a car. With a companion. And snacks. Including WATER. We drove around logging roads and ruts for a few hours in an ever-greater state of irritation and frustration, nothing like a forced march...

I wanna write the chapter on the remarkable changes seen over a five year period when land that was formerly drenched in herbicides/pesticides/kill-ya-off-icides is bought by someone who practices organic methods. My chapter will be image-heavy with pictures of butterflies, dragonflies, honey...

I heartily recommend "Gaia's Garden." It excited me about permaculture in a way none of the other books have. I was able to easily visualize what he was talking about, and it made good sense. Most libraries carry it, and it can be ordered at a reasonable price on amazon.com, too. Suffice...

I don't think my punkin is going to win any prizes. Right now it looks to be about 10 pounds or so. This darn alkaline soil! We're feeding it sulfur later this fall so that next year it will be happy.

Now, folks, it wasn't all bad. I have a great marriage, wonderful kids and family, a mellow little almost-3-acres, and my health. Cancer-free for over 20 years. I'm 59, so there was bound to be a few weird things along the way. I didn't even mention the time I took a loaded weapon away from...

At the risk of sounding arrogant, there's nothing I'm afraid of for myself. I've been through miscarriages, divorce, 2 cancers, major abdominal surgery, an assault, car accident, tornado, major earthquakes, fire, floods, hurricane force winds, and once getting really really lost somewhere...

Sorry, Ridgerunner, I meant that in general, not directed to you. The info you provided was informative to me, and I'm sure to others as well. I learn a lot here on TEG.

Umm, you realize that is an Australian company, right?

Standing on my chair and applauding Marshall!

"Sneak" is a polite term, Marshall. What they did was trespass and steal the corn. Not nice, no, not nice at all.

I'm sorry that happened to you, and I'm hoping the police officers take it very seriously, since a gun was taken. Motion sensor lights are great. So are those motion activated water cannons!

I picked up a copy of the Reader's Digest Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs at my local library book sale. Whew, there's a LOT of information in there! I know little about herbal medicine beyond the fact that turmeric has been a blessing to my inflamed muscles. Well, this book does not...

Thank you for the post. As a cancer survivor who also has other cancer survivors in the family, I am always interested in herbal remedies that could help prevent cancer cells from growing. The more I read about stuff like this, the more I realize the vital importance of researching possible...

We like the Red Brandywine heirloom tomatoes, but in SE Washington zone 6-7, they took about 100 days from transplant. Our soil is quite alkaline. The plants were ENORMOUS, easily over 10 feet tall if we'd staked for that height. The tomatoes were nice big slicers that also made a decent...

Our first two hens were a pair of retired battery hens named Stella and Barbarella. (think about it). They had a rough life until they came here, where they were allowed to wander around the yard and patio. They stayed together like a matched set and often showed up at the screen door if they...

Tumbleweeds will grow no matter what! We have an excellent 'crop' of them, and they'll be spreading their seeds everywhere if we don't get them stacked up and burned before the next strong wind.

This year I learned how truly easy it is to get sweet potato slips from a store-bought organic sweet potato. I also learned that, while the now-long vines are very pretty streaming along the kitchen window sill, that does not net me any yummy sweet potatoes. Next year, plant 'em! I learned...

Certain varieties of daylilies are sweetly scented and they have drawn honey bees in my flower beds. The dwarf Stella d'Oro is a pretty yellow daylily that has abundant blooms, yet does not require much attention at all. They return year after year, and only need divided every 4th-5th year here.

If we go with raised beds, we will build and place them this fall, then fill them with a mix of compost and good garden soil from a reliable local company. We have some heavy old tarps, so we will water the soil once it's in the raised beds, then cover with the tarps for a few weeks in order to...

Hi Bill, I'm giving serious consideration to going to all raised beds next year. Between the ABUNDANT WEEDS from tilling over old pasture, and the alkaline soil, I don't know if I want to continue with the challenges of level ground gardening. I'm still wondering, though, if I should buy a...