Native Bees – What Hawaii and Darwin Can Teach Us!
Bees vary greatly between species and families. Those distinctions mean a lot when it comes to market farms and flower farms. Yet many farms rely on honey bees foregoing the benefits that come [...]
It’s Pumpkin Season!
This large, orange fruit (yes- fruit!) is typically associated with autumn and the Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays. Pumpkins always remind me of cooler temperatures, changing leaves, and time [...]
What is Permaculture?
According to one of its founders, Bill Mollison, permaculture is “a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted and thoughtful observation rather than protracted and [...]
And the Garden Grows On – GTTY October
Gardening Through the Year! When we first moved here (early '70's), I believed that the gardening season was over when the weather turned cold. Each year I tried new things to get a few more [...]
