Homegrown On Your Own

04/15/2025

Here's a reason to start a vegetable garden...21% tariffs on tomatoes from Mexico, starting July 14th! If you need some help getting started, give me a call. I would love to help. We'll plant those tomatoes in time for you to be harvesting them just as the tarrifs hit.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/us-says-most-tomatoes-imported-mexico-face-21-duty-july-14-2025-04-14/

07/01/2024

Happy clients make me happy! If you would like some help in your garden, please give me a call at (203) 856-1300. I would love to help!

06/12/2024

https://youtube.com/shorts/0YhzFGlWZU8?si=jXRI8Uk9Qrnt8jDK
It's not too late to start.

Grow food just to hear tis sound and taste tis deliciousness

05/28/2024

Tell me something I don't know, NYTimes. But for those of you who want more reassurance that gardening is good for you physically and emotionally, read this!
Why Gardening Is So Good for You

Digging holes can be a workout and mood booster all rolled into one.

05/07/2024

You are not crazy. There really is an unusually large amount of maple seedlings everywhere. Here's why.https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/ct-red-sugar-maple-trees-gardening-weeds-19433110.php?cmpid=fbsocialflow&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2QOGJK3NWViB7IHeeBOrAv31YmXOnmZKB0HOYCPJab_VCo7VanulQjens_aem_AbEMjVG7IctfvV389hnurBlnGLpiJcVDObkyJEB_AposOkozjGpDhFiyJlvk3rfAUC7hC1_hunPRiEI3SVYS_TLw

Maple seedlings, both red maples and sugar maples, are popping up everywhere in Connecticut. Here's why.

04/18/2024

It's spring and it's time to get outside and plant. We all love it. I know that I just feel relaxed and happy when I am in my garden. But there are scientific facts that just prove we should all be playing in the dirt. Check out this article from the NYTimes, here.
A Little Bit of Dirt Is Good for You https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/well/live/dirt-health-benefits.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Go on, grab a handful of soil or hike a muddy trail: It can benefit everything from your mood to your microbiome.

03/14/2024

What a day! The weather is beautiful and I am itching to get out to the garden. What's the first thing I am going to plant? Read my blog and find out.https://westportmarketplace.com/blog/spring-bounty-6-vegetables-to-kickstart-your-garden.html

02/10/2024

With this weather, it's easy to get excited and want to start planting in your garden. Take a deep breath, enjoy the weekend, but know it might snow on Tuesday. The official first day of spring is still 39 days away.

01/18/2024

There may be more snow on the horizon, but January is the time to start planning for the spring. If you are interested in growing food in the spring, please reach out. I would love to help.

01/29/2023

Wouldn't you love to be able to sue for the knotweed on your property? Japanese knotweed is an evasive species that is rampant in our area. Difficult to eradicate due to it's deep roots, you can try every year, but alas, it often returns. Here's an interesting story from across the pond.

Furniture designer Jonathan Dowling successfully sued chartered accountant Jeremy Henderson who claimed not to have known about it

12/09/2022

I love growing garlic. It's super easy to grow, you just need to remember that you need to plant it in the fall. I always plant in November, and it's ready in July - last year I planted over 50 cloves for 50 heads of garlic. There are lots of reason to plant, but here is an important one: most of the garlic on the east coast that you purchase from supermarkets comes from China, where you can also be consuming bleach and chemicals. Here is some more info:
http://infoyoushouldknow.net/you-are-likely-consuming-bleach-and-chemical-laden-from-chinese-garlic/

If you haven't planted yet, you might be able to get some in. With all the rain coming up, pick a relatively warm day, plant the unpeeled garlic 2 inches deep root down (tips up!), and cover with about 4 inches of lose mulch (straw or leaves). Then leave it alone until spring!

I recently realized that I am developing an allergy to garlic. The food that has so many benefits to our health is starting to give me trouble! The itch that I get after I eat garlic is unbearable. When I shared this with my wife she also said that garlic is causing her to be…

07/26/2022