My Growing Passions

I can use a little humor. How about you? It's a necessity for sanity. The Tomato Garden An older man lived alone in the country. He want...

My immediate family is going through a difficult time right now. Please pray for a healthy resolution, clear thoughts and guidance from God,...

If my family wasn't sending off my sister next weekend, I'd go to this workshop. P Allen Smith will have a container workshop in Eg...

One of the gardeners has been providing aerial photographs of the community garden plots. I've put them in past entries. In this entry, ...

When I was growing up, my younger sister and I often accompanied our parents on visits to my great aunt and uncle's home in Benton, Penn...

... But It Looks Like I Won the War Foil wraps and cardboard collars on plants in my plot and in containers on my porch have defeated the cu...

I planted broccoli, concerned that they would develop heads right about the time that heat would make them bloom. So far, only a few survive...

Above is another aerial photo of the community gardens, courtesy of one of the gardeners. This was taken on June 10. Sun protection while ga...

No matter how many years I garden, I'm sure there will be new things to learn. I earned a new insight yesterday. First a little backgrou...

Too much of even a good thing is still too much, it has been said. Sun's a good thing. Too much is not good. Doesn't it look searing...