Archive for December, 2010

Nutritious fresh food in a jar—sprouts

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

There’s little to do in a winter garden except to harvest the kale,  lettuce, spinach, and other “greens” and to do some weeding. It’s a pleasantly slack time but true gardeners always want to be doing something, so heres an idea for them to get nutritious tasty sandwich fillers by “going indoors”.
Take a Mason jar […]

Earthworms are animals

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Earthworms are animals and gardeners love them—but not enough, really.  As with our “doggie” pets we tend to expect too much from them at times.  Unless we care for them properly they won’t turn bad soil into good so it should not surprise us that nothing happens when we spill a container of worms onto […]

Winter color and citrus ripeness

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Our desert city of Tucson is a remarkably unusual place and at this time of year we get a wonderful display of color.  We don’t have to get out of our car to enjoy the brightly colored leaves of trees on the medians and in peoples’ yards.  Admittedly, our color isn’t as varied and intense […]


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