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• Do You Dig for Victory?

  During World War II, the concept of the "victory garden" was introduced by the federal government to encourage people to grow their own food in their backyards, and thus decrease the strain on national commercial food product, allowing that energy to flow to the war effort.  One 1940s-era book on the subject told people they'd save money on groceries and then suggested what to do with the money:"Those dollars can go Read More... Posted Jan 12 2009, 09:07 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: food safety, gardening, gardening with kids, food costs, organic gardening, Shannon LC Cate, victory garden

• Greenhouse: Weeding Out Weeds

  Let's talk about weeds. No, not the Mary Louise Parker vehicle, and not the smoky-smoke kind. The ugly, prickly, insidious kind that crowds out friendlier plants. With two little kids, about 17 jobs, and a house to take care of, I've given up my customary gardening this year save for a few tomato and basil plants. But that leaves fertile ground, literally, for weeds to come in and take over. Even if I were not attempting a more green lifestyle, I have plants in there I want to encourage, so soaking the beds with Roundup and being done with it is out — not to mention I’d rather my kids not eat tomatoes that had been so recently exposed to God-knows-what chemical herbicides. And then there's our lawn. Suffice it to say Read More... Posted Jul 09 2008, 12:02 PM by Amy Kuras with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: vegetables, gardening, greenhouse, tomatoes, weeds, organic gardening, herbicides, herbs, lawn care, greening your garden, basil