While getting myself motivated for the Spring 2010 planting season I put out feelers among my friends for sources from which I could buy some new onion varieties. I was surprised when one of my more informed friends recommended the Seeds of Change company as I had heard disheartening information about the company’s ownership. When [...]
Ever since childhood I have had one true love from the garden – tomatoes. In the interest of full disclosure there isn’t much from the garden that I don’t adore but tomatoes grow at home have a noted advantage over anything you can buy in the supermarket; it’s called taste. After our recent trip to [...]
Okay, I’m going to come right out and say it – I hate maps. Especially when they are like the USDA Zone Map when I need to know what the outline of my county looks like to know if I am in a particular planting zone. If I am being honest, I don’t even know [...]
Seems the good folks at the Alabama Cooperative Extension System have seen fit to use one of my articles as a reference in a recent edition of their Metro News. In the section called “Sensible Trivia for Affordable Urban Gardeningâ€, Dr. Jannie Carter, Extension Assistant Director credits my article “Tomatoes bought my house: The unbelievable [...]
A Note from Michael: This post was originally made several weeks ago on an older website that I have since abandoned in favor of this one. I am reposting it here because it has been one of the most popular things I have written in a long time, and I wanted it to have a [...]
