The frost is most definitely on any pumpkins that happen to be decorating the yards on our street, we have had weather down in the 30′s at night, and the ones that have been carved and placed on the ground….the squirrels and raccoons have done their own version of the carvings by chewing away at [...]
I was out on our deck in the evening a couple of nights ago…the lake was still, there was no breeze, and there were no geese, turtles or muskrats swimming across the lake to disturb the water, so it made a beautiful mirror. The colors are coming out on the trees, in fact in the [...]
Today on this sunny, cold and colorful fall day when I visited one of my favorite sites first thing this morning, I was introduced to a site prepared by the growers and nomads team which contains a wide variety of topics related to the home. As we are a gardening blog, and many readers are [...]
Milk Thistle has been used for liver complaints for over 2000 years, Discorides, a Greek herbalist used it to cure snake bites – I know, sounds kind of like a snake oil story…haha…it’s not, this herb has serious and effective medicinal properties. What Science Has to Say: Milk Thistle contains silymarin, a mix of bioflavonoids [...]
How many of you grew corn in your vegetable gardens this year? I didn’t have room to plant any, but noticed it in the gardens of some of my neighbors. We love our corn here in New Jersey, it’s simply called “Jersey Corn”, but unfortunately the season for fresh corn is over now. In fact, [...]
