When I began gardening with my children, I did not realize that there would be a lengthy series of gardening “developmental milestones,” not described in
Author: Mary Ann
Tomato Canning Time!
Every year, I can tomatoes for the winter. Some of my favorite summer memories are of my family canning tomatoes, green beans, and other fruits and
This Week in the Garden
This week I harvested my first tomatoes. As usual, some of my plants appear to be diseased and are dying, but I hope I have
It’s Time to Harvest Garlic
During my childhood, garlic’s only presence in my life was in a small red-topped McCormick container in my mother’s spice cabinet. My mother rarely used
Suggestions for Plants That Like Our Heat
Summer is here, early, it seems, and any cool-weather plants I had not already replaced with heat-tolerant ones are unhappy. My peas are dead, and