Ready To Go! Hey Everyone, Garden Soil Rejuvenation is one of my favorite methods for restoration and maintenance of the garden, espec...

The above three photos are of the Green Meadows Preserve House, Garden and Orchard taken in February, March and September of 2013.  Stand...

One wheelbarrow of compost = more than $20 of bagged soil!  Next year the payoff will be quadrupled because I've doubled the compost sp...

Hey Everyone, Well hard to believe the calendar says it's almost September but coupled along with a few of the chiller evenings and we...

Tuesday August 27 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Tonight's Bed Time Talk: Integrated Pest Management (aka IPM)  will start at 7:00 pm sharp Lear...

Tomorrow night, Tuesday the 27th at 6:30 we have another great program planned for our Bed Time Talk/Walk. Denise and Vicki will be telling ...

Tuesday August 20 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Tonight's Bed Time Talk Solarizing Your Soil will start at 7:00 pm sharp Following the talk, Ca...

Cosmos is one of the current stars in the Pollinator Border  in front of Bed #15. Last year it was deliberately planted, this year it ca...

During our first Bed Time Walk and Talk on August 6, we found this little critter on a tomato plant. (Yes, another tomato problem. Sigh........

  Now this isn't your traditional bee hive but it is mine. For the last 15 years, we've had bees living in the shed next door. S...

I have conceded tomato defeat for the year. I probably would have struggled on a bit longer but since I was going out of town I took all the...

It is time for another informative Tuesday evening Bed Time Talk. Master Gardener Rita  Buehner  will be giving the Bed Time Talk this week ...

Tuesday August 13 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Tonight's Bed Time Talk What's in Your Dirt will start at 7:00 pm sharp Master Gardener...

Beautiful, or what?  I can almost see solar flares.  Thank you, Vicki! Taken at Green Meadows Preserve Sunflower Bed, Tuesday 8/6/13 ...

The sunflower border is looking gorgeous these days! My vision of what I wanted to achieve actually worked. Woo hoo!   What I had NOT a...

Hey Everyone, While my hive is not producing any honey, I thought all you beekeepers would appreciate the beauty of this nest.  It is so...

Hey Everyone, Next weeks Bed Time Talk, Tuesday, Aug. 6th, is dedicated completely to tomatoes.  Let me be your tour guide as we walk th...

Hey Everyone, "Cherokee Purple's" Best Tomatoes Ever! For those that love a fresh summer soup, here is one of our famil...

Hey Everyone, With all the beautiful flowers in bloom, I have been enjoying taking some photographs of the pollinating insects in the gard...