We have an unwanted guest in our garden. One that takes pleasure in upturning my beets, tunneling through my carrots and building mounds right in the middle of my onion patch. The insidious nature of this beast should not be underestimated. It leaves baby lettuce withering from lack of root-to-soil contact. It laughs as it shoves my red baron onions out into direct line of…
As you know, my husband and I own and live in a 4-plex. We make the most of our small yard by keeping a garden, raspberry patch, potted blueberries, various landscaped herbs and six chickens. We continue to optimize our space and think we’ve done a great job with what we have to work with. Regardless, a small yard poses quite a challenge in one arena:…
For us gardeners, it might seem like an idiotic idea. I mean, plants need water to thrive, right? In my garden, things start going very wrong very quickly if I cut off the water supply. However, I’ve been intrigued with the idea ever since my husband met a farmer who used dry farming techniques with his orchards and informed him that his fruit was sweeter,…
