Having grubs in the vegetable garden is a new experience for me. At my home in the country, grubs are all over the lawn, which I completely expected. But I didn’t expect them in a patch of fallow dirt that had been the previous owner’s (not very productive) vegetable patch. I noted the grubs in ...
Read More | Just VeggiesAnimals of all sorts are unwelcome in the garden, and using a repellent of some sort becomes necessary. In my urban community garden the most common animal visitor we have are a few neighborhood cats. They are fairly harmless, usually just sitting in a patch of sunlight or taking a nap under the giant rhubarb ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThe National Garden Bureau’s four-part Victory Garden 2.0 series of blog posts has been my inspiration for my recent Just Veggies posting lately. In my last three Just Veggies posts I wrote about planning a modern Victory Garden, planting your Victory Garden and what to consider if all you have room for is a Victory ...
Read More | Just VeggiesIn my two editions of Just Veggies I riffed off the Victory Garden 2.0 blogs posts released by the National Garden Bureau in response to the coronavirus pandemic. My first post was about planning a modern victory garden and the second was about planting your Victory garden with vegetables. This week’s post is in response ...
Read More | Just VeggiesThe idea of “victory gardens” is making a comeback, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty that situation brings to our families and communities. Back when the original victory gardens were being planted around the time of World Wars I and II, food was scarce and the world was at war with each other. ...
Read More | Just VeggiesA friend gifted me with a small bag of garlic bulbs to do with as I wish. She had harvested and cleaned them herself, and she said I could plant them or cook with them—they’re good for either purpose. The bag contained a number of different garlic varieties in varying sizes and skin and striation ...
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