Save seeds: a backyard gardener’s guide by Kirsten Dirksen on July 26, 2011 One of the best ways to guarantee tasty, hardy, relatively disease-resistant organic, heirloom vegetables is by saving seeds. Instead of …
1st rule of gardening: build up the soil by Kirsten Dirksen on December 13, 2010 Every year Jacqueline Kennedy starts her garden by throwing local horse manure under her veggie patch. Her soil is now …
Heirlooms, hybrids, non-GMO corn & breast of Venus tomatoes by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2010 Heirloom vegetables are big at farmer’s markets, popular among backyard gardeners and now they can even be found in supermarkets, …