Dayflower

THE VERY BEST TOMATOES

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The best-tasting tomatoes are not (necessarily) home-grown tomatoes. Find out which tomatoes taste best, then go about getting them for next year and years to come. All this is detailed in my latest blog post:
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Goldenrod in meadow

EASIER MEADOW PREP

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I went against all my previous suggestions in planting — or should I say encouraging — the meadow here on the farmden. That was 25 years ago. How did I do it, how did I maintain it, and how has it fared? Read about all this at:
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Meadow with poppies

MEADOW BEGINNINGS

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Ah, to look out on a meadow. You can have this vision — but you need to plan and prep before planting, a topic I cover in my latest blog post:  
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Spreading wood chip mulch

ANTI-SOCIAL WEEDS

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Some of my worst weeds keep mostly to themselves, which — I guess — is good. But, being worst weeds, they do need to be reined in. Do your weeds socialize? Which are worst? Mine, and how I rein them in, are . . . well, it’s all in my latest blog post:
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Bed of lettuce and Chinese cabbage in fall

PLAN(T) AHEAD

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Plan(t) now and you can greatly increase the effective size of your garden — without increasing your garden’s actual size. In my latest blog post, I recount 3 commitments I make for a fall garden and then go on to describe what to sow, and when, for that whole other garden — in the same space as my present garden. Read about it here:
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Varieties of paste tomatoes, labelled

AND THE BEST PASTE TOMATO IS . . .

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For the richest, most flavorful sauce, just any old plum tomato won’t do. A few years back I decided to try the best of them (according to various sources) for side by side comparison. You can read about the good, the bad, and the ugly — well, not the ugly — in my latest blog post:
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Teenager rolling eyes

PLANTS FOR TEENS

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The teen years are turbullent years. And what’s a parent to do? Here are a couple of plants that should ease things along. But how? You’ll have to read the whole post. 
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Cherry tomatoes

EASY RICHES

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Is bigger better when it comes to vegetables? Is smaller better? Those tasty baby carrots, for example. What the story on baby or small vegetables, besides their cuteness. Check it out in my latest blog post.
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Dayflower

FLOWER FOR A DAY, JUST ONE

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Dayflower elicits both pity and some fear. Why? Read my latest blog post. What about its more accepted and not at all to be pitied kin? Read my latest blog post.
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