The live events schedule can be found in the Calendar section. Just click on Calendar in the menu. Then click on the link to join the live event. For the month of December, we have Garden Chat on Fridays and The Year Builder Framework Workshop on Saturdays. All events start at 2pm Eastern Time.

While I prefer to use simple, but high quality tools, they do need care and attention while you are working with them. One of my favorite gardening tools is a soil knife. You can find them in a number of places. But be aware, that they can be dangerously sharp. I ran across this picture taken in November of this year. I did this when I was cutting roots out of the crates so that I could clean them up and move them. It was just a minor nick, but still... Get good tools, but use them carefully. My finger slipped onto the blade as I was cutting roots.

Digging the blackberries out of the garden was a chore, But it served dual purpose. I am still chipping blackberry root to make medicinals. You don't need fancy equipment. Just a bit of grit and creativity to turn problems into abundance. What problems have you turned into abundance? We could all use more ideas.

I am so sorry. It is 1:30 on Friday Dec 5 and I had an emergency pop up last minute. Garden Chat will be on schedule next Friday.

I found this book on discount when I was in college. I would have to say that this might be the best investment that I have ever made. Investing in knowledge and skills is always a good investment. Vegetable and Herb Gardening was published by Consumer Guide. This copy is printed on newsprint and bound in hard back. The pages are yellowed and brittle, but this is still the first book that I reach for. It has a bit of everything that you need for successful resiliency gardening from growing, to harvest, to preserving. This is geared more towards conventional style gardening, but the information is easily translated to tiny gardens.