Poison ivy is spread by birds who love to eat the pretty berries that form on the vines. It can grow as a vine or bush and up trees and telephone poles.

The intricate dance between gardeners and Mother Nature

Ruling yourself and your garden

Suckers can be though of as “secondary” branches of a tomato plant. They form at the joint where the horizontal tomato branch meets a vertical tomato stem.

Cut off basil tops/stems rather than pinching individual leaves to increase harvest and avoid storing basil in the fridge due to chilling injury symptoms

Getting a return on your gardening investment

Straw bale gardening is another way of growing crops in an underutilized area or as a primary gardening method

Gardening in inches and feet