As I mentioned several weeks ago, we are in the process of rebuilding our soil fertility in our garden. One great service that I will personally attest to is that provided by a local company called Organic Technology International. For $65, I brought them a soil sample and had it analyzed. [...]

 It's a modest harvest, to be sure, but the significance for us as a family is still profound.  And this is for a few reasons.  First, this is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) native to the State of New Mexico, known as New Mexico bolitas in the northern part of the [...]

After hearing story after story about the therapeutic and life-changing effects of gardening on the mentally challenged, I couldn't help but notice a pattern.  It's more like the pattern noticed me, and asked me to write about it.    On a recent broadcast of This American Life, Veronica Chater tells the story of her developmentally disabled [...]

Strangely enough, all the nurseries and the home improvement stores call it quits on gardening supplies and seeds by late summer. Its hard to find seeds at this time of the year, and almost impossible to [...]