Today my Dad would have been 101 years old. I’m not as old as you think! I was born when he was about 50. He was born in Eastern Idaho among the oldest of 13 children. His mother raised those children in a tiny farmhouse and the boys sleeping in Read more…
The greatest reward for all the work of putting together the seed starting table, starting the seeds, watering the seedlings, setting them in the garden, weeding, weeding and weeding is the EATING. There is nothing like the taste of fresh produce. We are using some of that fresh basil in Read more…
An important part of gardening is watering in a method most beneficial to the plants. In the post, Improving Soil Using Chickens, I talked about how we split our current garden in two and gave half to the chickens as part of amending the soil. The other part of our Read more…