The Savvy Sage

While cleaning up in my garden after the blustery wet days that have been a significant part of our weather pattern for the past week, I carry with me the huddled up inside feelings of a hard wind and water leaking into the basement.

Though you may still need to grab that coat on your way out the door, warmer days are just around the corner and now is the perfect time to begin planning your spring and summer garden.

As we're approaching the end of the season for pruning dormant deciduous fruit trees, and also purchasing, planting, and training new bare root fruit trees, it's a good time to talk about some of the sources of information that will help you be a successful orchardist.

Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) is my favorite weed to eradicate. In my experience, it's one of the easiest pernicious weeds to get rid of! I've eliminated this perennial grass at more than half a dozen organic community garden plots and paths in the past couple decades.

Humanity is separated into those who gaze skyward and those who cast their eyes downward. I fit into the first category. This perspective allows me to uncover some of nature's hidden treasures.