Last summer, my husband bit into his first home-grown strawberry and said, “This is the best strawberry I’ve ever had.”. I couldn’t tell you if it was the freshness, the lack of chemicals or the fact that I grew it, that made it so good to him, but it was enough to get me hooked on organic gardening for life. In case you haven’t guessed already, I’m no Master Gardener. I am however, an avid learner and fearless experimenter. I hope you will join me on my journey toward food self-reliance. Together we can explore the possibilities and share insights about organic gardening, food preservation and animal husbandry.
Join Us for the 2012 Garden Planning Series
January is National Garden Mail Order Month. If your like me, your mailbox has started overflowing with garden catalogs of all kinds. And maybe, like me, the thought of all those choices fills you with excitement mixed with a hint of trepidation. So this month, Lakewood Hollow will concentrate on my journey into the gardeners’ favorite winter pastime; Garden Planning and Seed/Plant Ordering. The stacks of Garden Catalogs that will soon fill your mailbox can be overwhelming. If you are an advocate of...
read moreFive Steps to Plan Your Garden
Before I came to Lakewood Hollow, my experiences with gardening were limited to watching my mother spend her days working in her ornamental flower garden. She made it look easy. She would spend the entire day digging, planting and weeding with a wonderful smile on her face. And when she came in as the sun went down, she would sit down exhausted and glowing with satisfaction. She always said she didn’t plan any of it, she just tried something and if it didn’t work, she tried something else. That system seemed to work...
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