The vole that ate my potatoes

This morning while digging the last potatoes from the garden, I disturbed this vole. At first sight, it darted from a clod of…

In praise of potatoes

Potatoes may not be the most charismatic vegetables, but for some reason I love growing them. It’s partly because groundhogs show no interest,…

I planted the garden today. This is the earliest I have ever planted tomatoes. It is a risk because chilly weather is expected…

This year’s seed potatoes arrived in the mail this morning! I have to pick up some bales of straw and then planting can…

I have been holding off on harvest, hoping against hope that some Black Prince and Bonnie Best tomatoes would ripen on the vine….

A few weeks into summer, all the work we put into our vegetable gardens begins to pay off. Now that I have found…