Read the full-text online article and more details about "Help Means Garden Dream Is Now Reality; Prince's Trust Team Give Up Break to Work" - The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 21, 2009
I know, I know, that time of year is still over a month away. Halloween was only a couple of weeks ago, and anyone else in the UK has probably only just heard the last of the fireworks after burning effigies last week. Still, we wanted to give you all as much of a heads-up as...
Then it's Vervain's turn, also not wearing a graduation cap or robe, but sporting a big smile as he holds up his diploma for all to see. He achieved highest honors in Technology just like Patches. But the damage was already done and Karam knew they'd definitely be getting calls from ...
For the first time in years, I am neither designing an in-ground vegetable garden, nor am I doing this work on a computer. I broke out the pens, markers and paper this year. Nothing too ground-breaking here; it’s just that now I am planning for six raised beds, one of which has...
I started doing this to keep the next year’s seeds, plants, bulbs and garden planning sketches in front of me all winter as I work in the potting shed. It was such a great help in determining just where I wanted all these lovelies in the garden based on their neighbors, color, size...
“Gardening Without Work,”Ruth Stout’s wonderful 1961 work, is one of my most treasured vintage gardening books, published when she was 76 years old. Though I am a couple of decades shy, the subtitle running up the right side of the cover cries out: “For the Aging, the Busy & the...
The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains had be...
and to support wild California ecosystems through your admission fees which help fund our conservation work throughout the state. We are so glad to hear you enjoyed your time in the redwood section and hopefully, we will see you again in the spring so you can see our ...
“I’ll just sit outside for a while. You finish up your work, okay?”“I’m sorry, Father; Mother did love you very much. She told me all the time.”“Homework, first, eh? Then we can chat about your mother.”He heads off outside and sits in his usual chair, looking around...
It was a long day’s work, but satisfying. Build a Root Cellar: Try, Try Again! Years ago, I read about how to make an instant outdoor root cellar and wanted to try it, given that my basement has cement floors and is partially heated, like most modern homes. With my husband’s ...