Time To Make Pickles!
The pickling cucumbers are here and it’s time to make pickles! My mother taught me how to make these dill…
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Blossom End Rot
My friend Alison, who gardens in Bountiful, Utah, sent me a picture of her tomatoes that have blossom end rot.…
Apricot Jam!
Some nice folks in Sandy let me pick some apricots from their tree. As you can see, the tree is…
Blue Oat Grass
Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens) – is a very popular ornamental grass for waterwise gardeners in Utah. It is easy…
Mountain Wildflowers
Now is a great time to take a break from gardening and visit our local mountains. The wildflowers are in…
Onion Harvest!
The red onions are blooming and the yellow onions are pushing their way up through the soil! As the onions…
Pumpkin Patch Progress
The pumpkin patch at the community garden is coming along nicely. It has enjoyed the heat and I noticed that…
Summer Harvest!
It’s great when all of your hard work pays off! This week I harvested a big cabbage, some beets and…
Stop And Smell The Linden Trees!
This is a Linden tree in full bloom. What a gorgeous shade tree and the perfume that it emits is…
Waterwise Plants for Utah
There are very many plants that will do well in our climate on the Wasatch Front of Northern Utah without…