We had fun on PTL discussing ways to keep tomatoes healthy through the growing season. It’s been a cool, wet spring which can be problematic for the plants.

Joe Hamm passed away recently, he was a wonderful man who loved gardening and daffodils.

I love Rhonda Flemming Hayes’ book Garden for Life: Strategies for Easier, Greener, More Joyful Gardening as We Age.
She was my guest on The Organic Gardener Radio Show Sunday May 24, 2026.

I’m thrilled to announce my next tour is to explore Poland for 12 days from June 18-29, 2026.
We’ll visit Warsaw, Malbork Castle, Kraków, Jasna Góra Monastery, Black Madonna, Saxon Garden and the Botanical Garden at the University of Warsaw, Poland’s countryside, the Botanical Garden of Jagiellonian University with the largest orchid collection in Poland and 23 acres of beautiful plantings, Auschwitz and much more.

Join me at Soergels Garden Center in Wexford for the 23rd Annual Doug Oster Plant Swap/Giveaway and Pepperpalooza on Sunday May 31,2026 from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m.

Allium leafminer has infested my garlic. Here’s what I’m doing to try and save the plants.