by Tracy Bogard | Jun 27, 2021 | Information
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble… Photo: Mullein Most of us became familiar with “The Scottish Play” (Macbeth) in high school English. One of the most identifiable quotes in English literature is the opening of the witches’ incantation over their boiling cauldron. In...
by Tracy Bogard | Jun 14, 2021 | Growing Tips, Information
Easiest Herbs to Grow Many of us have learned or remembered how to prepare home cooked meals, courtesy of the quarantine. Part of our culinary enjoyment is adding herbs to enhance the dishes. Many herbs are easy to grow both inside and outside. Herbs come as annuals...
by Tracy Bogard | Jun 14, 2021 | Information, Movie of the Month
MOVIES FOR MASTERS – The Need to Grow THE NEED TO GROW, is this month’s film. The 90-minute film is available free on Google by clicking here. Part of what made this such a fascinating film, for me, was the range of experts, from a young Girl Scout to an...
by Tracy Bogard | Apr 18, 2021 | Information, Movie of the Month
MOVIES FOR MASTERS – Kiss the Ground KISS THE GROUND came out in 2020. Rather than the typical gloom and doom prophecy of the end of the world due to climate change this film offers a candid review of what’s not working today, as well as what has caused the...
by Tracy Bogard | Apr 17, 2021 | Growing Tips, Information
The Value of Using Native Plants photo: Pixaby This commentary excerpt is from Ron Krupp, author of “The Woodchuck’s Guide to Gardening,” “The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening” and his forthcoming book, “The Woodchuck’s Guide to Ornamentals & Landscape Plants.”...
by Tracy Bogard | Apr 17, 2021 | Growing Tips, Information
Starting a Pollinator Garden photo: K. Shadock For years I contemplated, rather than acted, on the idea of planting a garden to attract pollinators. That is until the fall I moved to a house with three well established Trumpet Vines (Campsis radicans) and a large...