Old hat, zone 4, cold climate garden blog.

It’s been a busy week, with the garden and other work around the house and yard. We have picked lots of cukes for pickles. We grow eureka for bread and butter pickles and regal for the dills. They get washed and stored in the frig until we have enough to run a batch. Finding the [...]

While reading about basil in “The Healing Herbs” we were amused to find that to the ancient Greeks and Romans, basil was the symbol of hostility and insanity. And to grow truly fragrant basil one had to shout and swear angrily while sowing the seeds. If nothing else it might serve to blow off steam. [...]

Growing and selling plants takes a lot of time and so we have only finished putting in the garden this week. This is a bit late but we have high hopes that everything will come in fine. This year has seen some early warm weather. Add to that big box stores who continually offer plants [...]