Garden Notes

Fire and Flood: a People's History of Climate Change (from 1979 to the present) Eugene Linden. New York: Penguin Books, 2022 Reviewer John Giehl, Master Gardener Around 1870 Mark Twain observed The weather: everybody talks about it but nobody does anything about it.

Just as plants spread their roots to take in information necessary for a healthy result, gardeners reach out to nourish their curiosity through horticultural study and experimentation.

When Marco Polo set out to find the truth behind the stories of herbs and spices of our wildest dreams, little did he realize how impactful his journey would be to the culinary practices of the world as he knew it.

Cue in the tune of The Music Man singing Ya Got Trouble, Friend, either you're closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of pooling water in your yards and gardens.

TREE: Prunus persicus Redhaven peach'. If you want to have some top-quality large, sweet peaches from your back yard you will want to plant this variety. It is one of the most commonly planted backyard peaches because the fruit does not ripen all at once like most peach trees do.