Seed catalog: Territorial Seed Company

When I choose a seed catalog, I look for variety of choices and ease of use. Territorial Seed Company has both. They publish two …

Recipe from Government House

Here is the first of several recipes from the chefs at Government House. We got to sample this one on our official planting da…

Big Day at Government House

Saturday was the official planting day at Government House. The first Lady joined Master Gardeners and Apprentice Gardeners to pl…

Cover crop

When the snow finally cleared, it was great to see the green of the cover crop we had planted in the fall. The mixture of wheat, …

Back in Session

The General Assembly has ended for the year but the garden at Government House is just getting started. First on the agenda was s…

Changing of the guard at the Governor's Mansion

No, I'm not talking about the troopers on the security detail. I'm referring to the vegetable garden. There was no fanfar…

A lesson from Mother Nature

On a routine inspection of the vegetable garden at the governor's mansion, I was horrified to find that the tomato plant in o…

Weed or Seed?

What happens when you turn a group of kids loose in your garden with packs of seeds? A lot of seedlings! The question becomes, …