Archive for August, 2011

By Charity Shumway |

This Week in the Garden

This week, the bean plants put out their first baby beans, the grapevines finally got a trellis, the peas finally bit the dust, and all that rain brought some mushrooms to my magnolias. All that and more, in pictures, after the jump. 

By Charity Shumway |

Choosing Which Corn Variety to Grow

The names of corn varieties are too awesome not to stop and savor. There are the corn varieties with a vehicular ring to their names: Challenger, Tahoe, Aspen, Excel, Accord, Avalanche. There are the corn varieties with adventure story names: Pegasus, Silver King, Silver Queen, Ruby Queen, Seneca Dancer, Camelot, Lancelot, Merlin (apparently, corn was a popular side [Read more]

By Charity Shumway |

This Week in the Garden

This week, my lemon tree lost every single leaf (though there’s a happy ending to the story), my cucumbers flowered, the miracle of the late-season peas continued (we have pods!) and, thanks to all the rain, my Gaura ‘Pink Fountain’ looked like a firework. Click through for all the pretty pictures!

By Nadia Arumugam |

Colorful, Artisanal, Beautiful: Traditional Planters from Mexico

When Charity told me she had online shopping baskets brimming with juvenile trees just waiting for her to hit that “Proceed to Checkout” button, I thought her a little, curious. But much has changed, and it’s really all due to my impending first crop of indoor-growing vegetables. Two days ago, with Charity’s expert guidance, I [Read more]