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Barbara Pleasant

                                                                    Garden Writer

May 2012

 

Welcome to my web home and gardens. Spring is moving on, and I'm gradually switching from planting cool-season crops to those that have a temperament for summer.
Fort chicken is well underway, with the foundation finished and lots of details getting nailed down. After I get back from the Mother Earth Fair in Puyallup, Washington in June, we are getting chickens!

 

In these pages I have assembled some of my favorite blogs from the last few years, with links to related articles at Mother Earth News or GrowVeg.com. I slip in new musings every chance I get, along with photos that have captured special moments in my garden. Here are some timely suggestions:

 

Bagging Apples With Tulle (New May 2012)

 

Homemade Rhubarb Wine (Updated April 2012)

 

Growing and Pruning Garden Sage (new video)

 

Home Sewn Row Covers (updated March 2011)

 

Click around to learn more about my booksblogs, and lectures.  Stay as long as you like! By the time you move on, I hope you feel inspired to garden a little more, and have a great time doing it.

Are Sun Chips bags really compostable?? No they are not! As of spring 2012, I am still seeing pieces of those drat bags in the garden!
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Barbara Pleasant

Above: Photo of Barbara Pleasant, garden writer,  by Donna Chiarelli




Location:

Floyd, VA, USA

Near Roanoke on the

Blue Ridge Parkway

Blue Ridge mountainsei
cat with hollyhocks
Magnus, who bears a family name from my Swedish ancestors