I had a wonderful experience last month participating in a Jersey Friendly Yards workshop with http://www.jerseyyards.org/ just in time to get things started for the growing season. To be included in the workshop, you had to fill out an application to participate and 10 local gardeners were chosen to attend.…
This weekend we put up the greenhouse I ordered from Amazon last month and I love it. The frame is metal and super sturdy. The poles are like the steel pole on a vacuum cleaner… not the thin, flimsy metal frame on most pop-up greenhouses. I had a smaller version…
The St. Patrick’s day parades were happening in Seaside and Belmar this weekend and yet I still haven’t started a single seed indoors. Why?! None started yet, but they are all nice and organized… I’m ready to go! Well, a few reasons actually – but I’m not stressed or worried…
Today I dropped in with the kids to lend a hand at the community garden that’s maintained by Toms River Moving Forward located on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Garfield in Toms River, NJ. As we chatted about permaculture plants, hugelculture beds and nitrogen fixing trees, my heart was…
The gardens at this property are new, planted in just the past 2 years. At my old house, I got confused after a while about when I planted what tree or berry bush. I’m starting an annual post… Garden Roll Call where I will list whats been added and when.…