Berry Patch: 'Thou shalts' and 'Thou shalt nots' of strawberry planting

Delivery box of strawberry plants As my bundle of 25 Allstar strawberry plants sat in our refrigerator while I waited for our rar…

Berry Patch: Grow strawberries again?

Should I plant another bed? Decisions, decisions, decisions.  For 10 years or so I’ve grown strawberries here at Meadow Glenn.  T…

Newspaper ‘clippings’ about gardening

Ready to sit back and enjoy recent Washington Post gardening columns?  Here are six you might find interesting: Become a garden a…

Outfoxing furry critters in your garden

Mama and pup Wouldn’t it be great if you could find a no-cost, natural, sustainable way to control furry critters that eat your g…

Stink Bugs: Update from the Washington Post

“Stink Bugs Migrating to the Deep South” by Darryl Fears in today’s Washington Post gives an update on what’s happening in battle…

Tomato Patch: Soil secrets revealed!

University of Delaware soil test kit includes instructions and mailer Do you know what your blood pressure is—and what the calciu…

Frugal Gardener: Cutting lettuce in March

Red Sails lettuce cut Mar. 2 It was beautiful—the head of Red Sails lettuce I cut Friday when Ellen said we needed lettuce for ou…

Washington Post columns about vegetable gardening

Here are links to four recent Washington Post columns by Barbara Damrosch and Adrian Higgins on vegetable gardening.  Damrosch wr…