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  • Planting for Fall

    Building a drought tolerant garden doesn’t necessarily start with the plants. Adding 4-6 inches of organic matter to the garden beds and then digging it in will do wonders for the roots and consequently what’s hooked up on top of them. If you have ...
  • Tomatoes that Tolerate Heat and Drought

    Low temperatures rode in on rain and clouds. The soil warmed slowly. Unusual spring weather brought about a late planting of warm weather vegetables. Plants that usually were vigorously growing by May weren’t even in the ground. Then the skies clea...

Gardeners' Quotes

ON A SEED

This was the goal of the leaf and the root.
For this did the blossom burn its hour.
This little grain is the ultimate fruit.
This is the awesome vessel of power.

For this is the source of the root and the bud...
World unto world unto world remolded.
This is the seed, compact of God,
Wherein all mystery is enfolded.
Georgie Starbuck Galbraith, The New York Times, 1960