Brassica oleracea capitata, cabbage for short, has been grown by man before recorded history, probably going back to Abel of Biblical times. Wild open leaf cabbage can be cultivated into kale, and the incurving leaf plants can be cultivated into heading plants.
I have been debating writing this article for several months, as I have learned from previous writings over the past twenty years such articles have met with opposition and derision from the anti-gun community. This article is in response to the sudden rise in violent crime and unfathomable local murders that private e-mails to me […]
Smaller lawns are becoming popular these days, perhaps because people have less time to manage their space. The growing populations of cities are causing a new trend in house design, towards the small, more compact home.
When Diane and I were dating, she relates how I used to take her out to exotic restaurants where vintage wines, fine foods and luxurious service were always the best…Nowadays, she comments, she is chained to a stove. Well such is the fate of women, but down deep I know that she is much happier […]
My dozen or so barn cats are good hunters. Every morning I find a neat line of little mice laid out for me in front of the milk house. At this time of the year, mice are not as exciting to the cats as the moles. About a week before the moles attack the front […]
Diane threw up her hands in dismay and said, “Good gosh oh’ mighty, get that stuff out of my kitchen.” Humph! “Diane has no appreciation for the finer garden treats,” I mumbled to myself as I gathered up the yard long horseradish roots, food processor and jars.
What do your squash plants and nasturtiums have in common? Well for one thing, if you had planted our flowering herb with the squash, you would have greatly reduced your squash bug problem, which will be rearing its head soon.
Borage, Borago Officianlis, is another one of the oldest known cultivated plants in the western world. The Romans used the young leaves and flowers as an elixir of youth, or certainly a spring tonic. Borage contains a wealth of potassium, calcium, and, as believed, vitamin B-12. The vitamin no doubt may be the cause of […]
