My father bought some sunflower seeds early in the season. Both of us have been quite excited to plant them but both soon discovered that we had no idea where to plant them. While working in the garden planting other vegetables, I came upon my solution.

I’m sure all gardeners at one time or another have bought those cute little plastic plant markers. Unfortunately, they are quite expensive. My favorite plant marker currently is good old fashion Popsicle sticks, which can be bought in large quantities at any art or craft store. But if you are the type of person that [...]

The NCDC is the world’s largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world. One of those resources is frost and freeze data. Gardeners such as myself will find this data very helpful when planning the growing season. The data provides separate sections [...]