By Dr Nikki Judge The weekend gardener prepares for the harvest long before it begins, as when it is time to harvest having things ready make the harvesting easier and takes less time. Even before the major harvest has begun the gardener is checking the garden to see...

By Dr Nikki Judge This week completes our subsection on an integral part of gardening of any type – Nurturing the Garden.  We’ll look at the deeper work for the both our vegetable gardener and ourselves as gardeners in our Spiritual Garden of the Soul:  Weeding,...

By Dr Nikki Judge Continuing with our sub-section on nurturing this week we will focus on three very important factors for both the summer gardener and the gardener of the soul:  patience, kindness, and thinning. Each of these aspects of tending a garden of any type...

By Dr Nikki Judge Nurturing is a very important part of gardening.  The gardener who gets the best result is the gardener who has nurtured their garden throughout the entire gardening process.  From planning and seed selection to harvest and fall preparations for next...

By Dr Nikki Judge With the knowledge that the "right" garden is the one that is right for you, now it is time to return to the gardener and their work at planting.  While many of us hobby gardeners indulge in Darwinian Gardening (getting the soil ready and then...

By Dr Nikki Judge The right garden is the one that is right for YOU! The gardener now takes the time survey their garden.  The garden has been properly planned and the soil is ready to receive the seeds that will soon be sprouting with bright green hope for a future...

By Dr Nikki Judge After the gardener has tilled their garden they still are not quite ready to start the planting.  Final preparations of the soil are needed.  Many gardeners spread compost over the garden prior to tilling.  If there is old growth it needs to be...