Love Those Mouthwatering Tomatoes!

The Icon of Summer Tomatoes and corn — the icons of summer. I don’t usually grow corn as it takes a lot of room, water and fertilizer but tomatoes are a must have. Over the years I’ve had good luck and not so good….

Easiest Herbs for Kitchen and Garden

While fruit is finicky, (see my last post, Fruit is a Heartbreaker) herbs are easy to grow and incredibly useful in the garden and the kitchen. At least in my neck of the woods, nothing really bothers herbs. As a rule, bugs don’t eat…

Growing Fruit can be a Heartbreaker

When I began to garden with the thought of using what I grew in the kitchen, I read many things. Two in particular made so much sense to me…. Don’t grow what you don’t like to eat and focus on the items that are…