Rappahannock Plant A Row

Well, it is the second week of June and by now most of us should have been tasting the fruits of our labor of the past months.

Here in Viewtown my wife and I have been enjoying a seemingly never ending crop of asparagus for the past six weeks. Sadly, as with all good things, that has now come to an end about ten days ago so now I am letting the plants flourish and feed before I cut the fronds back later in the year. Read more…

Gardening

Normally I would answer that question with, “well, a rule of thumb is veggies need an inch of water a week.” So far this year that figure is just not relevant.  This is one of the wettest Spring seasons on record; just look out the window at the rampant growth of weeds, overgrown lawns and overflowing rain barrels and we know how wet it has been.  Here in Viewtown my rain gauge registers 2.9 inches just in the past four days! Read more…

Gardening