If you started your pepper plants early like I did they are getting to be pretty good size. I spent a few hours this week end transplanting them to larger containers. I like to only move them once between the time I start them and move them into the garden. 70 plants so far and [...]

I just finished placing my order for pepper seeds. It seems early. But it is time. Pepper plants grow slow and in this part of the country I like to give them a long head start. With any kind of luck I may even see some peppers forming on the plants by the time [...]

I was out hunting mushrooms and came across some ripe wild strawberries. They are so good but also so small. They are no match for the present day strawberry plants we have available today.
If you have wanted to start a strawberry bed but missed your opportunity this past spring. Get your garden area for the [...]

After a long cold winter here in Upper Michigan it has carried on into the summer. I don’t think we have had one day above 85 degrees and many days 70 or lower with very cold nights. We have had plenty of moisture so most of my vegetable plants are doing very well. But it [...]

So maybe not so perfect, but it is nice to dream.
You have done everything right. You are a month into the growing season and most all your vegetable plants look great. As the plants grow larger more food will help keep them strong and healthy. Some vegetable plants require more food than others. Be careful [...]

This is a problem I have dealt with all of my gardening life. If you live in an area with a large deer population then you know this problem can be huge. There is nothing more disappointing then to have a very nice garden full of vegetables and have it wiped out or destroyed in [...]

Delicious blueberries in the summer-beautiful red ornamental leaves in the fall.
To grow high bush blueberries in zone four at one time was almost impossible. Though the years the development of new varieties has made it very possible. I guess for the most part it is kind of an in-between.
The plants don’t get as tall but [...]

Because of the fruit trees I grow-mainly the cherries-I don’t encourage birds to come on my property. A flock of Blue Jays can wipe out a tree full of cherries in a hurry.
I make an exception for the Hummingbirds. What an amazing little creature. How such a small bird can consume so much food or [...]