‘Organic Matters’ Category
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Gear Up for Fall Gardening
0August 28, 2011 by wcobserver
We contemplated writing an entire article on the weather and how it relates to your gardens. Instead, we will just leave it at “you never know about the weather.” This past week has been no exception.
Read More...Category Columns, Organic Matters | Tags: Columns, james maginot, jane maginot, Lifestyles, organic matters
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What do you do?
0August 11, 2011 by wcobserver
Jane decided that it wasn’t hot enough up here in Northwest Arkansas so she headed down to the tropical wonderland known as Texarkana for the weekend.
Read More...Category Columns, Organic Matters | Tags: Columns, Jane and James Maginot, Lifestyles, organic, organic matters
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Tomato Growers Face Challenges Aplenty
0July 28, 2011 by wcobserver
This year has brought us record lows, record rains, and record highs. Now someone has turned the rain gauge to the off position and it may never rain again.
Read More...Category Columns, Organic Matters | Tags: Columns, Lifestyles, maginot, organic matters, tomatoes
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Heirlooms
0July 16, 2011 by wcobserver
You may have heard of the new trend in gardening of using heirloom varieties of veggies and even heirloom breeds of livestock. (In fact, producing heirloom varieties is not a new trend. Actually it’s a very very old one.) What does that mean and why are folks using them?
Read More...Category Columns, Organic Matters | Tags: colums, Lifestyles, maginot, organic matters
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A Garden that Only a Vampire Could Hate!
0June 18, 2011 by wcobserver
How do you know when your garlic is ready for harvest? When the tops of the garlic plant start to die off, you know it’s time to pluck it out of the dirt and toss it into the wok.
Read More...Category Columns, Organic Matters | Tags: Columns, garlic, Lifestyles, maginot, organic, organic matters



