Compost: My Pile of Gold

My nephew recently moved to a new home in Connecticut and contacts me now and then for gardening advice. I have to say, these questions make my day. Not only does he send me photos and videos of him and his two young children working on their first garden, but it brings me so much […]

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Making the Bed — A Raised Bed, that is!

We have a grand experiment in gardening going on over here at Wildefern Farm. Tomatoes, basil, pak choi, kale, and lettuces are growing in containers — out front in full sun and out back in the kitchen patio garden. We’ve built gardens filled with flowers, gardenia bushes, rose bushes, more lettuces, pak choi, kale, and […]

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