by Daisy | Apr 3, 2017 | Beginner Gardens, Garden, Intermediate Gardening, Permaculture
Remember from Psych 101 the study about babies and Object Permanence? How before a certain age infants can’t grasp the concept that once something disappears it isn’t necessarily gone forever? I have a form of that when it comes to gardening: After a...
by Daisy | Aug 8, 2016 | Garden, Garden Hacks
I know it’s late in the season for squash, but I just had to give it one last try. My inability to win the squash bug, squash beetle, and, particularly, squash BORER battle is a sore spot with me. This may not work either, but like Charlie Brown and that...
by Daisy | Jul 5, 2016 | Garden, Plants & Uses
Culantro, Eryngium foetidum, is very distinct from cilantro, in spite of having a similar name. It does have a similar flavor and scent. Close your nose, though, and from its appearance, you would never confuse the two plants. In the same family as cilantro,...
by Daisy | May 22, 2016 | Garden, Plants & Uses
Somewhere along the line I was brainwashed into thinking there was a list of certain plants I could grow. Frustratingly, that list included things I can’t grow: European pears, sweet cherries, and most stone fruits; at least not without a lot of fuss and...
by Daisy | Apr 23, 2016 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
I’m disorganized at everything, and gardening is no exception. Most of the time when I remember to do something at the right time, it’s by accident. I’ve seen examples of sunflower forts for years, but never, apparently, at the right time to plant...
by Daisy | Oct 12, 2015 | Bugs & Critters, Garden
Up until this year, the usual lineup of flutterers has included the tiger swallowtail, the black swallowtail, and the occasional monarch butterfly. But this year, all of a sudden it seemed, I had a new butterfly in the garden I’d never noticed before. This new...
