Get the most out of your garden! Dee McKenna, Nutrients For Life blogger, takes you to her backyard and demonstrates how to take a soil sample.
September 15, 2011 Read more
2011
Amidst our bedtime routine, my four-year-old daughter was sitting at my side, listening to me read, while she was eating an apple. I was getting annoyed, because the squirmy girl was picking and playing with the apple, rather than just eating it and listening to the story.
September 9, 2011 Read more
We love sweet corn in my home! I don’t have to tell my girls twice to eat their vegetables when sweet corn is being served. It’s a homegrown taste that I like to have all year long.
Here’s to fall! I have had enough of this summer! How about you? Depending upon where you live, your garden season may not have been as dry and hot as ours.
September 1, 2011 Read more
I have never grown cantaloupe before. First, I had to decide whether to refer to them as cantaloupe or muskmelon.
August 23, 2011 Read more
It’s the middle of August and most of us are not thinking about our strawberry plants, but you should be!
August 8, 2011 Read more
A dry rain barrel and cracks in the soil are good indicators of the state of my landscape.
July 22, 2011 Read more
“That is humongous!” my four- year-old exclaimed as I held up a tomato horn worm.
While searching for the perfect tree to plant in our front yard, I asked the garden center owner, “When is the right time to plant a tree?”
July 14, 2011 Read more