Have you ever bitten into a fresh and ripe tomato, only to wonder how that tomato came to taste so good and ‘real’? Well, you can start growing a garden now and produce your own fresh and healthy tomatoes. Yes, if you want to lead a healthier life, you should really start growing your own […]

In the last few days I murdered an innocent cilantro plant. Boo to me! I forgot to water it and even though I rushed with copious amounts of water when I realized my neglect, it was too late. It did remind me, though, of the wisdom of choosing drought flowers and herbs for drought resistant […]

Gardening with kids has such a multiplicity of benefits that it’s hard to know where to start. Digging in the dirt and growing live plants is such an environmentally-friendly activity that if you have two things you need to consider it: a desire to garden and kids to do it with. A garden with kids […]

I plant a fairly large a huge garden every summer – with my primary focus on herbs like parsley, cilantro, chives, rosemary, etc. I have three organic gardening tips that might be helpful to beginners. Organic Planting & Our Wonderful Feathered Friends Whenever I sowed seeds in the spring I would have a terrible time […]

Miniature roses are … guess what? … miniaturized rose plants. They not ‘fake’ roses, as some insist – they’re real roses that have just been cultivated to grow smaller and smaller. A miniature rose garden is an incredible sight and well worth some trouble – if you love roses, of course. WHY Grow Miniature Rose […]

If you need some organic gardening tips, here are three of my best. I plant a huge garden every summer – with my primary focus on my kitchen herb garden which has treasures like parsley, cilantro, chives, rosemary, etc. Yes, I have some veggies, too, but I love the herbs best. I go out in […]