It's Not Work, It's Gardening!

A taste of Spring this weekend had me taking a look at the veggie garden last Thursday, as I thought it would be an ideal time to get some s...

I'm talking about my veggie beds, where I always let crops linger too long. I really should remove things as soon as I'm finished ha...

This is my favorite time of year in the veggie garden! Cool temperatures mixed with warm (or hot) days, plenty of rain (hold the hail please...

We've had one really cold night in St. Louis so far, when it dipped down to 16ºF (-9ºC) ten days ago. It didn't stay that cold of co...

Just some quick observations made in the garden yesterday, starting with tomatoes. Overall, I'm quite happy with the tomato harvest...

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I posted that I wasn't really feeling the love for the garden , and that I had no real desire to get...

This heirloom lemon cucumber is such a pretty thing! Too bad it didn't grow in my garden -- it was given to me by Jack at this mon...

The Swiss chard in my garden has been a big success this year! Both of my plantings of it overwintered , I've gotten many harvests out o...

I noticed this past weekend that although there is still a lot of work to do around the garden, and lots of plants are just barely starting ...

Last year was the first I ever grew swiss chard in my garden, and I have to say that it's probably here to stay. Beautiful, nutritious, ...

If you ask me what my weakest area in the garden is, where I show the least amount of skill, I'd have to say that's the veggie garde...

I didn't plant squash this year. My small veggie garden just doesn't have the room for it. I did plant butternut squash one year and...

This is the first year I've ever tried growing potatoes. From what I read it's a dead-simple crop to grow, and many people grow them...

Yesterday was the first Saturday of the month, which means it was time for the informal gathering of gardeners at Schlafly Gardenworks . It...

I've been planning on working on my fall veggie garden for a few weeks now. I started some plants in trays a month or more ago, and they...

As summer ends, the time for fall harvests quickly approaches. I wouldn't say that I have "crops" to harvest, as my garden isn...

I love trying new plants each year -- especially in the veggie garden -- and this year one of the new ones is "Rat's Tail" rad...

I noticed something when looking at the kitchen counter the other day: recent harvests have been quite orange! This isn't some w...

Not much to say this morning. *** Eggplant 'Rosa Blanca' .

Although I tried growing zucchini in the past, this is only the second year that I've seriously grown it as an experienced gardener. Alt...