Today ended on a high note, the garden plot has been officially cleared and the weeds and grass are piled high in the area that will eventually become my three-stage composting spot. While a few areas of grass and weeds remained, they are not anything that a little spray won’t handle. Incidentally, my new 4-gallon […]

After making four passes across the garden area with the tiller, I spent the evenings of this past week raking the grass and weeds into piles to be moved to their future composting home. Raking is a pain but at the same time, there is something soothing about it was well. Using the tines of […]

When I was a young boy, I used to help my grandmother plant a small garden. We would plant corn, melons, radishes, tomatoes, squash and other typical garden crops. In my youth, the anticipation of those seeds becoming edible plants drove me nuts. It was like waiting back in the day on a mail-order package […]