Where Have All the Honeybees Gone?

If you have noticed an increase in the cost of produce these days, there a few factors involved. Transportation costs are up, and the physical amount of produce has been affected by the declining populations of the honeybees. Read more

Composting

It is fall, so we should have started to notice those leaves of brilliant colors falling around us. These leaves can be turned into something rather wonderful with a little help from you.

Composting is not hard to do. To be done properly a compost pile should have a mix of Read more

Kitchen Gardens

From the dawn of our civilization, way back when Eve and Adam were in the Garden of Eden, people have grown kitchen gardens. So in this season of harvest it is appropriate to talk about preserving your harvest and the best techniques that can preserve your hard work throughout the cold winter months. Read more

Identifying Plant Disease

A little background about how diseases occur in plants. We start from the mode of transmission and then we can identify what type of disease organism that has invaded the plant. Read more

Latin and why we use it.

This month my article will replay parts of my Plant and Garden 101 back in December of 2004 on how we name our plants and go further to explain what those names mean.
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Plant and Garden 101 - July 2008

This month I’m writing about something that few homeowners know about but should.  Noxious weeds. These are not your average weeds, but invasive species that can and have claimed native areas and devastated crops, livestock pastures and have pushed other helpful plants to the brink of being non-existent here. Read more

Plant & Garden - May 2008

Well the first days of spring are on us and if you are like me you want everything beautiful and blooming - now! However, knowing our current weather and that of many springs before, I warn everyone, there will be more cold weather coming! Read more