I apologize for any emails, comments or gardening questions that went unanswered over the past couple of weeks as I took advantage of a little down time to visit the lovely island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Before you get too envious let me mention that the trip wasn’t exactly filled with rest [...]

I hate to admit it but summer is over, fall has arrived, and winter is on the way. There no getting around it so I may as well accept it!
Not that I have anything agaist autumn, it’s actually my favorite growing season in the vegetable garden, but I don’t look forward to cold, snow and [...]

The start of the summer growing season finds me playing catch up in the vegetable garden. I had been temporarily sidetracked by an unidentified noxious weed/vine that was getting out of hand and attempting to choke out some of the pine trees in the yard.
It took a lot of time and effort but things are [...]

Everything appears to be off to a great start and we’ve been enjoying perfect weather for gardening; cool nights, mild days and now the fortune of a slow soaking rainfall to provide needed moisture to the garden. It has turned sharply colder and today I heard rumors of frost warnings going out for the Central Pennsylvania area tonight. That’s not surprising, but what is, is that I’ve recently heard more than one local gardener talk about plans for setting out their tomatoes and other frost tender seedlings… well I sure hope they’re covered!

While there isn’t much to look at or write about out in the garden these days, things are slowly beginning to show promise of some spring-like changes! Daylight Savings Time is now in effect, the temperatures are growing slightly warmer, and last week witnessed the return of the robins from their winter roosts. We could be in store for more snow and cold but at the worst it would be a matter of days or weeks compared to the months of winter that we are emerging from.

The November issue of the Gardening Secrets Newsletter has been published and distributed to all the gardeners on the subscription e-mail list. The feature article for this month’s gardening newsletter focuses on a selection of great gift ideas for the home gardener. Regardless of the budget or type of gardening involved there are tips for locating an interesting gift that will please anyone who loves to engage in the hobby of growing plants in the home or the garden.

Yes, there’s a change in the air surrounding my vegetable garden but unfortunately it has nothing to do with the heat wave that we have been experiencing. High temperatures and drought continue to dog the garden but at least there have been no more groundhog sightings. Despite the sweltering conditions my garden is beginning the transition from summer into fall veggie gardening.

Well, I guess all it took was a little talking it up to finally get a decent deluge of rainfall on the garden’s raised vegetable beds. Water has been a major topic of conversation on this website over the past few days; with the recent Fountain Review and the Newsletter’s focus on irrigating the garden.