We might know that earthworms do this but do we actually find it GOING ON when we open our compost bins? No, we do not! Until this morning when they were AT IT right there before me. I’m shocked. They didn’t even exchange phone numbers before slithering away under the rotting newspaper.

I noticed a few days ago, my basil plant was starting to look a bit overwatered so I moved it so it could dry out a bit. Then yesterday, I noticed some of the leaves looked like they’d been chewed. Upon closer inspection, I saw these little black balls everywhere, the best I could assume [...]

I’m amazed at how fast Spring has sprung and quickly rushed into Summer around my neck of the woods. I took these just a week ago and the irises are already down for the count. The lupine is also almost done for the season as well. Hope you guys enjoy! My neighbor Kelly’s fabulous lupine. [...]

Hello gardeners! :) Here’s another update on my first little veggie garden. I have to say that things are going quite fantastic!  I had some problems with my dogs getting into the garden, and so I lost a bunch of my squash, ALL of my okra, and all but one of my jet star [...]

Some of the leaves look eaten, with their outside edges somewhat brown and spotty. Two out of my three pepper plants look this way. The other one looks fine. They get full sun pretty much all day.

These are Buttonbush tree flowers I have never seen them before – CRAZY looking things…  I think I might need to cultivate some of them.

something is eating the heads of my sunflowers i’m thinking the heads are too damaged now and i wont get sunflower seeds from them. are they doomed? should i just pull them up?

1) i noticed a bunch of holes in the leaves of my strawberry plants, and upon closer inspection, i found little green caterpillars are eating up the leaves! can anyone tell me what these buggers are and how to deal with them? will bacillus thuringiensis (BT) work on these? will it cause trouble for the [...]

So I’ve been taking pictures along the way since early EARLY Spring. I haven’t posted them yet though becuase LJ is a PITA when it comes to these kinds of things. So I went with FaceBook instead. Here’s a public link that hopefully, barring LiveJournal jack assery will work for those of you who would [...]

I want to let my basil plant go to seed. Do I need another basil plant to pollinate it for it to produce seeds? And if so, does it have to be the same kind of basil? Any tips for herb gardening in general? This is my first year with an herb garden, and I’m [...]