It’s time to sucker tomatoes. Do you know what that means? And have you ever used poultry grit?
Tag: dill
NATURE’S TURN: August turnover: garden digest
There is so much information to digest and respond to in the expanse of a mid-summer garden.
NATURE’S TURN: On the cusp of winter, Turtle Tree Seeds turns toward spring
Last week, on the eve of the deepest chill and wind chill of the season, I reached into reserves of dogged determination to secure my harvest of fennel, dill, peppers, French sorrel, amaranth and most of the turnips.
NATURE’S TURN: Gardener’s flight, garden’s trajectory
At the end of a day flying under cerulean sky above a sheet of clouds and traversing airports, my eyes exchanged the densely wooded, rounded hills of the northeast for Albuquerque, New Mexico’s fantastical Sandia Mountains.
NATURE’S TURN: Marvels of a polyculture garden
I am dousing all bean and cucumber plants with collected rainwater to encourage production while warm weather prevails.
NATURE’S TURN: August sun lights flowering, fruiting gardens and NOFA’s celebration of growers
Master Ruby Throat then flies to a neighboring structure with more scarlet blossoms, alights and, in a blink of an eye, is whisked away by another hummingbird.
NATURE’S TURN: Charmed and alarmed
There’s nothing charming about Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), an invasive weed that is spreading along Berkshire roadsides.
NATURE’S TURN: Relationships thrive in and beyond the garden
With gardening season in full swing, I am also energized to redouble my efforts to interplant as many row-seeded crops as possible.