Love Growing Marconi Peppers – Red and Green!
Are Marconi Peppers Hot? Naturally, whenever you read or hear the word pepper, you want to know if it’s hot, either to go for it or to avoid it, depending …
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Comfrey Uses and Benefits for Your Garden and Your Body
Is Comfrey Bad for You? Yes and no. Comfrey uses and benefits are many, varied and somewhat conflicted. A quick superficial search indicates that comfrey is dangerous and toxic. While …
Camellia Sasanqua for Beautiful Fall Flowers and Homemade Tea!
The many varieties and cultivars of the Camellia sasanqua plants are treasured by fall gardeners. The sasanqua variety of camellias are hardy plants with lustrous evergreen foliage and a vast …
Fall Garden Maintenance Tips and Checklist
Garden Newsletter September is when we focus on fall garden maintenance and plant our fall/winter crops in zone 7a. So fall garden maintenance and tips is the theme here. Season …
Growing Tree Collards in Containers and in the Garden
Tree Collards Are a Perennial Longevity Plant We’re really getting into growing perennial vegetables, and more recently we’re growing tree collards in containers and also in raised garden beds. We …
When Your Well Pump is not Working, You’re Out of Water
If you’re on well water, it can be a great thing, until your well pump is not working. Well pumps can stop working for several reasons. The most common one …
What Vegetables to Plant in Fall
Tomatoes to Rest, Potatoes to Harvest, Brassicas to Plant What vegetables to plant in fall and when? Autumn is best for brassicas! Cooler weather brings fresh air, beautiful colors and …
Hummingbird Moth Caterpillar – Hemaris Diffinis – Facts and Myths
There’s More Than One kind of Hornworm – Don’t Kill the Good Ones Don’t kill that hummingbird moth caterpillar – it is NOT the tomato enemy you might think it …
What Vegetables to Grow, and How to Decide
Gardeners Are Investors It may be unusual, but I like to decide what vegetables to grow in the same way I pick stocks to invest in. Gardeners are investors. We …
Growing Longevity Spinach (Gynura Procumbens)
A Medicinal Protein Vegetable for Longevity We’re really enjoying growing and using longevity spinach, aka, Gynura procumbens! There are so many benefits and uses, that if you’re just becoming acquainted …