By Su Reid-St. John My husband and I have always taken a rather lackadaisical approach to our garden. We’d plant a few tomatoes, a bit of rosemary, maybe some okra, then pretty much let them fend for themselves. Our harvests, … Continue reading
The Bonnie Plants Blog
Building Our Own Compost Bin
By Susannah Felts I grew up in a family of composters. For as long as I can remember, my mom has tossed eggshells, coffee grounds and filters, fruit peels, and other organic matter into a small white bag kept in … Continue reading
Repurposing for the Garden
By Renee Adam In my house, we don’t throw away anything we can either recycle or reuse – and this has led to our repurposing many items for use in our vegetable garden. It all started with some trees. When … Continue reading
How to Get a Kid to Eat Lettuce
By Susannah Felts While it’s been a cool, slow growing season so far, our buttercrunch lettuce, planted back in late March, looked ready for picking this week. With each head bursting full of bright, soft green leaves, I could hardly … Continue reading
The Perfect Planting Pair: Tomatoes & Basil
By Michael Gesling Well folks, it’s that time of year again: spring! Sure, some of you may have been gardening for most of your lives and have it figured out. But for the vast majority of us, every season is … Continue reading
Garden Mistakes — and What I’ve Learned From Them
By Renee Adam Some say the best lessons are taught by our failures — and when it comes to gardening, I would have to agree. Season to season, I not only learn from the mistakes I make in my garden, … Continue reading
My Favorite Gardening Books for Kids
By Susannah Felts A few mornings ago, we woke up to see an unwelcome surprise outside the window. “Is that snow?” Thalia asked me. “Why is it snowing if it’s spring?” Oh, to see a child’s blossoming ability for logic … Continue reading
My Garden Inspiration?
My Kitchen!
by Carolyn Binder I admire people who plan weekly menus, complete with the lists of ingredients they need to pick up at the grocery store. I have tried to do this, but I either lose the list or the store … Continue reading
Planning Thalia’s Vegetable Garden
by Susannah Felts It’s getting to be that time of year again – planting season! – and I don’t know about you, but we are so ready. Recently, Dad, Todd (my husband), and I worked together to build us a second … Continue reading
Garden Lessons From My Parents
by Susannah Felts Friday is my 4-year-old daughter Thalia’s favorite time of the week, hands-down. It’s what I think of as her “nature camp” day, which she usually spends at my parents’ farm some 20 minutes from our home in … Continue reading
