Beware Big Better Boys!

This is a Public Service Announcement to all backyard vegetable gardeners: if you have bought or are thinking of buying tomato (o…

High Night Temperatures Can Lower Yields

I am in fall gardening mode which means I’m still thinking about some of the state-wide complaints from gardeners about lower tha…

You see that bright thing in the sky?

It's called the sun.  Remember that?  Don't look right at it. The disappointing (to me, at least) 2011 vegetable growing …

You know it's too wet when...

... you have mushrooms in the salad table.  I'm sorry, but - mushrooms.  In my salad table.  At least they're small. No, …

Ooh, she really DID!

Today was demo garden workday at Derwood, and I was anxiously waiting to see what happened as a result of the hurricane.  Well, o…

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…

Oh No she DIDN'T!!!!!

So...I blog pretty regularly here. If you've ever read one of my posts you may have noticed that I end each blog with either…

Tomato Patch: Getting ready for Hurricane Irene

Ready for Irene Just how much trauma can the Tomato Patch take in one week—a 5.9 earthquake on Tuesday and a brush with Hurri…