Looking outside, into the wintery landscape, filled to the brim with snow and cold, it’s easy to slip into daydreams about springtime. These days, I oftentimes find myself scanning Pinterest for garden designs, and lost in thought over tiny chicks beginning their lives under their fluffy mommas. ... Read More about Dreaming of Springtime and Maple Syrup
Making Maple Syrup in the City
Do you have maple trees on your property? If so, with a just a few basic supplies and plenty of time you can be making maple syrup right in your own backyard in spring. I bet you thought tapping trees and making maple syrup was strictly a rural practice! Well, I'm here to tell you it can be done ... Read More about Making Maple Syrup in the City
10 Tomato Growing Tips Easy to Understand
Growing tomatoes can be difficult, but with these 10 easy to understand tips, you will be an expert in no time! Do you ever look through a gardening book expecting to be taught how to do something and then put it back down more puzzled than you were in the first place? Yeah, me too. It seems that ... Read More about 10 Tomato Growing Tips Easy to Understand
Urban Foraging: Finding Free Wild Food in the City
Wild food is growing all around us, even in the city. During the past year we've done a lot of urban foraging and brought home bushels of free food! See what we found. It's truly incredible how much free food you can find if you just take the time to look around. I bet you even have some edibles ... Read More about Urban Foraging: Finding Free Wild Food in the City
How to Pollinate Squash by Hand
Instead of waiting for the bees and other pollinators to find your squash plants, you can pollinate squash by hand to speed things up. Hand pollinating squash not only results in an earlier harvest, but also more squash can develop on each plant giving you a larger harvest. Did you know that ... Read More about How to Pollinate Squash by Hand