My Chicago Garden

 WOW!!! I’m overwhelmed with joy at the seed starting going on right now.  My new APS system I posted about a few weeks back is working like gang busters and it couldn’t have been easier.  I plan on starting another set tomorrow.  I did not have much luck with the oregano, but the seeds [...]

Native/Wild bees come to the garden all the time. But what I’m talking about are the managed honey bees.  Back in April 2008 I contacted the Illinois Bee Keepers Association expressing interest in adopting a colony and allowing someone to place an apiary in or near my garden.  I traded emails with the [...]

Our house doesn’t have a basement and the people who built the 2 car garage made sure it was exactly 2 cars. So needless to say we do not have enough storage space. The garden shed out back is about to fall down so I’ve not felt comfortable storing more than large garden items [...]

If you’ve followed along for the past few years, you know that I’ve not had much luck with starting my own seeds indoors.  After some careful thinking, I’m almost positive the reason I have not done a good job is that I spend so much time away from home (work, vacation, etc) that watering [...]