January is the perfect time to plan your spring and summer gardens. While there are many wonderful local nurseries around the country that offer a few racks of seeds and a limited number of edibles as transplants, I find the largest selection of ornamental edibles are available from mail-order and on-line seed companies. And when…
Ros frequently receives emails from her readers. In the new Edible Gardening Questions posts, she will publish some of her answers so that we can all benefit from her experience! Question: Hi, I live in San Diego where water is in limited supply. My hubby and I took out our front lawn and planted low-…
Early June I visited my in-law’s grave site in Honesdale, PA. My Aunt Flo, cousin Gale Gammerdinger, and I were all frustrated to find that the marigolds that Flo had planted there Memorial Day had been eaten down to 1/2“ stubs. Was it deer or rabbits, or both–in either case they didn’t leave a single…
by Jean Ann Van Krevelen Right now, Ros is at the 31st Annual Seed Savers Campout. In fact, Ros is a member of the board for the Seed Savers Exchange and thoroughly supports their efforts to save and share heirloom seeds. If you aren’t familiar with SSE, I highly recommend you head over to their…
by Jean Ann Van Krevelen Recently, Rosalind attended the American Horticultural Society’s Annual Award Ceremony, where she received an award for Edible Landscaping (Sierra Club). You can see just how excited she is to be given this honor! She was in great company with the three other winners: Armitage’s Vines and Climbers by Allan Armitage…
