Unlike my sisters, I’ve never had much success trying to grow food. In my gardening career, I’ve only had slight success and only twice. Once was with a tomato plant that my daughter started from seed (I think; memory fuzzy here). We must have gotten at least a half-dozen tomatoes, far more than any other […]
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Food garden tours taking root in area
May 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Food in the news, local food
Garden tours around here used to mean flower gardens, but food gardens have joined the tour options this year in Lawrence and Kansas City. (I say “this year” because I’m not aware of previous such tours, but I’m not ruling out the possibility, and I don’t have time to research it right now.) Put these […]
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Garden strategy: friends with green thumbs
July 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments · General
I’m supposed to write a garden update for my friends at Ethicurean.com. I’ll say this much: My flowers are looking pretty good. (OK, the composter in the foreground is a little inelegant, but it was the only good angle from which I could capture all the colors.) My new herbs? Not so much. The new […]
Garden grows with new herbs
May 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General
There I was at the garden center to pick up a few flowers for my yard, and the first thing I saw was a table of herbs, and then another table. I pondered. Even though I’ve given up on a real vegetable garden, due to multiple failures and lots of shade, I decided maybe I […]