Come In And Visit ...
10/1/2008
- Turning the garden for winter
7/1/2008 -
Take a look at the garden in June 2008
Gardening means different things to different people. Thousands view gardening
as a hobby, a relaxing escape from the pressures of an urban environment.
For us,
the food produced may be almost secondary. Growing fresh vegetables, herbs, or fruits
provides a great sense of joy and accomplishment.
And we get a chance to giggle
at the Chartier's in Connecticut where the ground at Easter time is just beginning
to thaw out!
We grow year around. Visit us yearly: Vegetable Garden
2003, Our Garden Summer 2004, Our Garden Summer 2005,
Garden 2006, Garden 2007,
and Garden 2008!
Working in the dirt is relaxing!
Before we retired, coming home and taking out the hostilities by pulling
the weeds was great. Now, post retirement, we can get up in the
morning, stroll the garden, and discover they new growth, new buds
forming and enjoy watching the garden grow!
My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while
learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Ale
Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of
perspiration. ~Lou Erickson
What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.
~Charles Dudley Warner
Horticulture
For those who are not familiar with
the term, horticulture is defined as the art or science of cultivating fruits, flowers,
and vegetables (Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged). Horticulture
is a composite science with strongest influence from plant physiology and pathology,
botany, biology, chemistry, soil science, and genetics. Other sciences are involved,
but the ones listed readily come to mind at this writing.
Helpful Pets
Vegetables; A Definition
Vegetable is a culinary term which generally refers to an edible part of a plant. The definition is traditional rather than scientific and is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. All parts of herbaceous plants eaten as food by humans, whole or in part, are normally considered vegetables. Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom fungi, are also commonly considered vegetables. In general, vegetables are thought of as being savory, and not sweet, although there are many exceptions.
