Soil Health and the Dust Bowl

Soil Health and the Dust Bowl

Healthy soil makes healthy ecosystems. Healthy ecosystems are beautiful.Katy Prairie Conservancy, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Maintaining soil health is one of the most important parts of working with the...
Plant People Podcast Episode 2 with Alex Khraish

Plant People Podcast Episode 2 with Alex Khraish

Hello, friends! Here is the next episode of the Plant People Podcast with special guest, Alex Khraish. Alex has turned a half acre plot into a garden full of life and magic. So who better to ask to be on the cast? Expect these once per month. Listen well and enjoy!...
Peppermint Propagation

Peppermint Propagation

I was visiting my sister the other day and found in her herb and food garden a very large planter of peppermint and lemon balm, which had managed to stave off several half weeks of frosty winter weather here in North Texas. It was thriving, so I immediately took the...
Let’s Make Lasagna!

Let’s Make Lasagna!

North Texas is notorious for its heavy clay, acidic soil. That makes working and planting in the ground difficult. One of the basic tenets of gardening here, is soil amendment, and soil building. So, is it any wonder sheet-mulching is the preferred method of prepping...
Intentional Hiking

Intentional Hiking

This post is not simply an instruction. It is also a reminder for both of us to stay focused and do the work that keeps us sane in a world that seems to be going very insane. Political views aside, if we all took more time to actively relax, maybe there would not be...