Anyone in tune with popular media has heard that bee populations are dieing out and have been in decline for several years. In my own very diverse garden I’ve noticed a huge decline in honeybees. I use no pesticides, and I provide a diverse array of food sources for all bees. Still, this year my [...]

Yesterday, I worked with a client to install shrubs along his foundation. When he bought his new home earlier this year, the sellers had left a mishmash of polka dot plantings along the south side and a grassy mess of spiraea along the west side foundation. The polka dots were clearly the result of a [...]

I several previous posts I’ve talked about fixing nitrogen. This symbiotic work between plants, fungi and soil is a great way to easily help your garden. And, its inexpensive!
Yesterday, as I was clearing out beds of summer vegies to make way for fall plantings, including nitrogen-fixing fava beans, I pulled out spent green bean plants. [...]

Yes, yes…I keep posting about getting out and doing crop exchanges. And, yes, here I am writing that I’m going to get out there today to do it. Sometimes life gets in the way of what we intend, but if I don’t get out there soon, I’m going to miss my window to get in [...]

E. Norwood of Muskegon, MI writes:
“i have a tomato plant that we have been feeding with miracle-grow but we are having problems with the flowers. the flowers turn dark then die or fall of. how can we treat this problem. i found a spray for thia but it does not stop it”
E. there are many [...]