Vole Problems
Now you see it… now you don’t. Just a hole in the ground: the plant was completely sucked through. The worst part is that the voles are doing this...
The Lazy Man’s Cold Frame
These celeriac seedlings are too small to transplant, so my husband has set up a transitional place for them on a table out back with an old storm...
Finding a Place to Start Seeds Inside
We finally figured out a great place to start seeds indoors in our house. We had tried our sunroom at the kids’ art table but that is the Grand...
Sunchokes: New Addition to Our Garden
I had never had a sunchoke until recently and I discovered that I love them. Sunchokes, also called Jerusalem Artichoke, are a kind of sunflower...
Our Fruit Trees
I was inspired in September when I went out to my aunt and uncle’s house in the Sonoma valley and got a tour of their homestead. We counted almost...
Burpee’s Long-Keeper Tomatoes
My father-in-law was telling us recently about tomatoes he grew once that kept for several months in a box in the closet so they could have garden...




