Shareby Charlotte Ekker Wiggins
Bet you can guess what my family and friends are getting for Christmas this year.
It’s not just any honey – it’s my first batch, successfully harvested and bottled in spite of all I didn’t know about what I was doing!
According to the IRS, harvesting honey officially makes me a “bee farmer” and, [...]

Basic elements to make a community garden successful.

Buy honey locally so you’re not getting what Food Safety News November 2011 says is laundered honey.

Shareby Charlotte Ekker Wiggins
One of my earliest Thanksgiving memories is sitting outside a principal’s office, waiting for my Mom.
We had recently moved back from South America and, as part of a history assignment, I had written about what we had been taught about Thanksgiving, which had a heavy emphasis on the role of Native Americans [...]

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With temperatures dropping, there’s another garden-related chore I forgot to mention: wildlife-proofing your home.
Start with checking attics, basements, gutters and garage doors for any small openings or warm spots squirrels, mice and birds might use for shelter.
If you store seeds in your garage, that’s an invitation for wildlife to break in, [...]

Top 10 garden chores for a Missouri fall garden.

ShareI sat down beside her and marveled at the silk web she weaves every morning. This time of year, garden spiders are everywhere – along paths, under house eaves, even in a corner of my deck on the side of a Missouri limestone hill.
By Charlotte Ekker Wiggins
Do you remember the movie “Arachnaphobia”? It was billed [...]