Garden Notes

Well, it's that time of year when we say goodbye to the salads of summer. As the days shorten and cool, we crave the comforts of fall. Fall casseroles take a leading role in providing a family meal that is both warm and fulfilling. Casseroles can highlight seasonal fall favorites and produce.

As we all wait for this summer's offering of fresh fruits and veggies, (I am craving homegrown tomatoes), I happened to find some interesting recipe ideas that would complete a gift basket of your fresh garden bounty.

Drupe, n. In Botany a drupe is a simple fleshy fruit with a single pit or stone that contains the seed. A simple fruit is formed from a pollinated ovary of a single flower. The fertilized ovary grows producing a fleshy fruit with the hardened shell in the center.

In The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife (2017, Princeton Architectural Press, 223 pages), author Nancy Lawson asks, What if we could learn to see the world from the perspective of other species, both plant and animal, and understand that they, too, deserve the chance to mak...

You may be noticing white grubs in your compost piles, lawns, or garden beds. These white, c-shaped critters can be 1/4 inch long or 2 inches long, depending on the species.