Posts by Evelyn Park

It's October. The tomato vines are pulled, the garlic's in the ground (or it should be soon), and the mornings have that bite that sends you to the stove for coffee. This is the month to make your...

Picture the first warm Saturday in late March. Over the fence, your neighbor is already on her knees planting peas. Her soil is dark and soft. It crumbles in her hand. Her trowel is right where...

Let me tell you what happened last December. My neighbor Carol showed up with a gift basket from the drugstore. Cellophane wrap, a plastic bow, and a hot cocoa packet that tasted like sweetened...

If you’ve priced compost, fertilizer, or raised bed soil lately, you already know how this goes. You head to the garden center for “just a few things,” and next thing you know, you’re...

Somewhere between the kitchen and the trash can, most homesteads lose a little money every day. Not piles of money, mind you. But enough that it adds up. A cardboard box gets tossed. A pasta...

The best sunburn remedy might already be growing in your backyard. You spent all Saturday morning in the garden. Weeding the tomato beds. Transplanting those peppers that were getting leggy in...