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By: Darcy Cropp Even though this area is still in the heat of summer, fall is approaching and it’s time to consider what to plant in our cool season vegetable gardens. There are a lot of options, so grab y...

By: Kathy Cropp A wonderful article came across my desk recently and it struck a chord with me about a plant that I have loved since my mother grew them in Florida — the geranium. According to Diane Bla...

By: Kathy Cropp Growing our own food was a way of life for my family for a long time, first my grandfather and then my dad.  Now growing our own food is becoming very important again and for a variety o...

By: Kathy Cropp Gardeners to the ready! Another gardening season is upon us and we have a lot of to do out there! If you haven’t already been in the garden, I’m sure you will be soon. We have so many thi...

By: Emily Tomlinson Every gardener’s favorite time of year has finally, officially, arrived. The season we’ve been anticipating and planning for since fall. It’s spring! New growth is showing up on...

By: Darcy Cropp Spring is right around the corner, so I thought it would be a good time to talk about our garden tools.  We work with them all year long, sometimes forgetting to store or clean them pro...

By: Kathy Cropp This is the time of year that the garden dreamers and planners look at seed catalogs, new plant introductions, and the lists that were created last year so holes in our gardens can b...