Just Veggies

Climate Change, Warming Temperatures and Your Garden

In the last “Just Veggies” I discussed one way in which climate change is impacting your garden—and that is by extending the growing season with earlier spring emergence and later dieback in fall. In this edition, I want to talk about how warmer temperatures throughout the growing season can impact your vegetable gardens. What Warming ...

Soil Microbiomes: Why Tilling May Cause Harm

Are you excited that spring is finally here? I know I am! So many plants are already coming up; my tulips are about to bloom, and every day I prowl my flowerbeds to see what survived last summer's drought. I am pleasantly surprised, daily. I know many people are planning their vegetable gardens, and that ...

Adding a Loam-Compost Mix to the Garden

I added a loam-compost mix to the vegetable garden and I can tell already that my garden is happier. There’s no outward way to tell if it’s happy. There isn’t a thing planted in it yet. But perhaps my vegetable garden is reflecting my own happiness back to me. This will be our fourth summer ...