I asked the Easter Bunny to save me some egg cartons from his Easter Egg Hiding foray last month…bless him, he came through with 4  x one dozen cartons and an impressive 18 count carton.

Now I can proceed with my experiment.  I have *seen* other internet posts about how marvelous (and not so marvelous) turning egg cartons into seed starting pots can be.  Note ~ you must use the recycled paper variety, NOT the styrofoam type.

Some people have failed miserably, only being successful growing mold on the containers…others have glowing recommendations about them with lush seedlings springing forth.… Read more...

It’s Spring…or so the calendar says.  I was late getting the garden prepped this year because apparently Old Man Winter didn’t get the memo that his season had ended.  I swear I saw him being dragged by Mother Nature kicking and screaming down the street just last week, hurling snowballs in fits of anger like a petulant child.

But now that Spring seems to have arrived, it is time to get the garden churned up and open for business.  I know it is still way too early to set my lovingly reared little toms and peppers outside that have been … Read more...

The Gardener’s Morning

The robin’s song at daybreak
Is a clarion call to me. Get up and get out in the garden,
For the morning hours flee.

I cannot resist the summons,
What earnest gardener could?
For the golden hours of morning
Get into the gardener’s blood.

The magic spell is upon me,
I’m glad that I did not wait;
For life’s at its best in the morning,
As you pass through the garden gate.
– Howard Dolf

The above poem pretty much sums up me and my garden.  I love Spring, time for plants to awaken and the cycle … Read more...