Category: Gardening

• July 11, 2022

  7.11.22 – Reversing Agricultural Time

  There is something to be said for doing things the ‘old fashioned’ way. Although manual methods often take longer and can be physically and mentally taxing, there is a lot of knowledge that is gained in the process. Agriculture is no different. Before the use of modified seeds and synthetic fertilizer which were introduced during…
• July 6, 2022

  7.6.22 – Gardens for All

  Observing the wonders that exist right outside our windows can incite curiosity and encourage us to comprehend environments beyond our own. I had this very same experience lately as I stood at my patio door as the sun set on a cool summer day to watch two finches hop from plant to plant as they…
• December 7, 2020

  12.7.20 – Western Monarch Butterflies Face Extinction

  This year has seen a decline in numbers for the Western Monarch Butterfly. As noted in a November article from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, a recent count taken during mid-November 2020 to the beginning of December 2020 showed about 2,000 Western Monarchs were counted so far during the overwinter season. If the low…
• August 3, 2020

  8.3.20 Gardening…Politically Speaking

  The current Coronavirus situation has served to encourage people all over the nation to try their hand at gardening, whether there is an existence of a green thumb in a person or not. The experience has moved many to share images of their results via social media, with some boasting about their modest yields of…