Old hat, zone 4, cold climate garden blog.

In gardening, as in many other endeavors, we strive to make our tasks easier and more efficient through the use of tools and starting seeds is no exception. For many gardeners no tools other than the ones attached to our wrists are necessary.  Since we usually plant thousands of individual flowers and vegetables we use [...]

Now that the sun is getting higher and the temperatures are around 40 the maple sap is running. My first memories of what I though was maple syrup are the bottled pancake syrup that are made from corn syrup then colored and flavored to taste like maple syrup.  As a kid we ate what were [...]

Pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) is really a member of the mint family.  When the leaves are touched the plant gives off a very strong pineapple fragrance.  It get about 3 feet high and has bunches of delicate red flowers.  This is a zone 8 or better so those of us in zone 4 will need [...]