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. …
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.…
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. …
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?…
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.…
My exceptionally articulate wife has been writing articles for weeks now on the ins and outs of gardening. And thank goodness for that. Now you know who the true farmer in the family is. This week she asked me to wash my hands off and throw my fingers at the…
