Nature seems to be seeking me out lately—first the black widow, and today a baby bird came calling. I was working on …

Good thing I remembered my gloves. While turning the composters, I encountered my seasonal black widow—again. She was tucked into the handle …

I started out with big plans: to repurpose the tomato-growing spaces based on the layout used by Rudy—who’s been tending his plot …

This is the third planting mix in my soil recipes that Bluebee, aka Copilot, and I developed using amendments I had on …