Seed Starting
As of today there are ten weeks left until the average date of last frost in our area. Of the past three years there was only one where we experienced frost that late in the year — May 10, 2010 — and it was just one night. Otherwise, recent history says we’re probably looking at [...]
Normally I’m all over this, but somehow the garden planning season has snuck up on me this year. I think it’s a combination of exhaustion from last year, worry about this year (have you seen the latest drought map?), and just a plain old lack of pressure — the latter of the three, let me [...]
I find there are two ways in which things will normally go for new gardeners. Either you have tremendous beginners luck, or you don’t. In the latter, you suffer for all your mistakes right from the get-go and are forced, very early on, to become the best damned gardener you can be. In the former, [...]
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