Thank you for allowing me my rant. I really, really needed to do that. As Juliet said in the comments, everyone deals with cancer differently, everyone suffers a different kind and grade of cancer, everyone has a different prognosis, and everyone should be allowed the grace of dealing with it as they want, not as [...]

One of the final seed plantings went in today (after this everything is really repeats): the bush beans. I planted out the largest of the vegetable beds with Borlotti, Erimo and Tongue of Fire beans. I picked these three varieties because they work well as dried beans, and because they are particularly beautiful - often [...]

It is supposed to be raining buckets this evening, so have got in early. Truly, we’ve had a magnificent lot of rain this winter - the trees should do so well.

Yesterday and today I bought the local nursery out of bamboo wigwams for peas. I suddenly noticed they had them, and they were as cheap [...]

Not so much time for the garden this week as I have been busy at other things, but thought I’d update you from the nursery (a.k.a. the greenhouse).

I have a single disappointment. The tomatoes. I am not sure what I am doing wrong with them, but many have upped toes and died, others seem to [...]

I ran out of plant labels today. How could I have got through 250 so fast? So I went online to Diggers and bought a thousand more, and while I was there, bought about 20 of their large grow bags … that means I can fit corn in.

Today I planted:

Brussel Sprouts:

Long Island Improved. [...]