A Website for Organic Home Gardens in the Southeastern U.S.
Welcome to Small Garden News! This website for organic (and almost-organic) gardeners in the Southeastern U.S. is packed with reliable information — based on research and long experience — to support your garden success.
Together we can grow good food in ways that nourish the soil and support our native pollinators.
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Recent Posts
Learning from a Soil Test
I finally sent off a couple of soil samples to the state testing lab. The soil here is new to me (sand, not north Georgia’s …Read More »The Radish Capital of America
When we moved to Long Beach, MS, we did not know that it had once been known as the Radish Capital of America. That information …Read More »Can I Grow Food Organically on a Sand Dune?
This past summer, I was told by a farmer at a local farmer’s market that growing food organically is impossible here on the Mississippi Gulf …Read More »Gardening into Fall
Even though I know a lot about “how to garden”, it will be awhile before I am an expert on gardening in this new, sub-tropical, …Read More »When Things Go Wrong in the Garden
Our new garden on the Mississippi Gulf Coast already is providing plenty of food and education. So far, besides the early spring radishes, we have …Read More »

I grew veggies, fruits, herbs, and flowers in a yard Northwest of Atlanta for more than 25 years. Recently, though, I moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where I am facing new challenges in growing good food: sandy soil, a yard that floods, hot and muggy weather, and new insects. I get to learn something new almost every day.
I have a degree in Botany and am a trained horticulturist. Mostly, though, I love plants! Adventures in gardening, my own and those of other gardeners, are described on this website.

