Gardening according to Sally Forth

By Francesco Marciuliano; drawn by Craig Macintosh

Growing carrots in containers

Easy. All you need is water, good, loose potting mix, some short-length carrot seeds, a little fertilizer, a sunny place, and w…

Early Broccoli

We can say our garden never sleeps. Presently, garlic, herbs, onion and broccoli plants are growing. With the warm late winter t…

Seed Starting Mix

I n the backyard gardening supply war, two belligerents works hard to have your patronage in 2012. In the orange corner: The …

2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Fresh from the press, this is the new 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map ! Enter your Zip Code to find witch zone you are. I…

Got a new tool for Christmas!

Got a new tool for Christmas! It’s a multi-purpose garden knife from Jackson Tools , the professional tools division of Ames True…

Everything but the pie !

Welcome to the 2011 pumpkin weekend where, during Halloween weekend, the goal is to make dishes with the pumpkins we grow. Sadly …

My pumpkins's new friends

Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to my newest ‘friend’: Public this is pickleworm - Pickleworm, this is public Acc…

Apples !!!!

To start, we needed some apples from the tree behind the house. In fact, these apples are just a part of what we used. Next, the…

Oh Yes, she DID!

She came and went wreaking much havoc in her wake. Four of our trees, with the help of a soggy soil, needed to be straig…

Gingered Butternut Soup

Recently, I picked a small butternut squash from my garden; one of many we have growing freely. The question was, what to do …

Watermelon vine going rogue

You know, gardening is experimenting. Sometimes, you have an idea of the result, sometimes Mother Nature surprises you. We kno…