The Savvy Sage

 September is a major month for vegetable planting to provide a continuing crop of vegetables for the winter season. Some summer vegetables may be showing signs of mildew. If the plant has significantly reduced its production, it should be removed. For the next few months, judgments will need to be made…

Over my years of gardening, I have been on a journey. It started by focusing on the basics - soil preparation, seed planting, hoping I watered enough, and watching things grow, full of optimism. Then came the realization that I can do everything right, only to have some plants fail. Yet I still feel buoyed…

 What bulb is prized across the world for its flavor and nutrition, not to mention its anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties? If you guessed garlic, you are correct!  For the home gardener, garlic is a pleasure to grow. It is most commonly planted from cloves (bulblets) as clones of the…

Maybe a more important question is: what can we learn from what plants sense and how they adapt?  No one was around to collect data three billion years ago on Earth, but geologic evidence suggests that cyanobacteria, single-cell organisms that photosynthesize, were there and producing enough oxygen to…

 I love all birds, but hummingbirds are up there on my favorites list. They are amazing creatures and such a joy to observe. The frequency at which they flap their wings and the speed at which they can fly is mind-boggling. Their strong pectoral muscles make this possible. A hummingbird’s pectoral…