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Sep 21, 2011
Life finds a way
Erin Etheridge  Burpee Home Gardens Guest Blogger
Jeff Goldblum once said, “Life…uh…finds a way.” When he said it he was talking about genetically engineered female dinosaurs whose DNA was extracted from an ancient mosquito....

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Aug 1, 2011
Dealing with drainage
Erin Etheridge  Burpee Home Gardens Guest Blogger
“Something’s rotten in Denmark!” I said to myself as one of my plant’s containers busted open, spewing putrid water and stinky dirt, because nothing will ever change the fact....

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Jul 1, 2011
Dealing with disease
Erin Etheridge  Burpee Home Gardens Guest Blogger
Call me a wimp if you want, but I’ve just emerged from the sick and twisted depths of tomato plant disease, and I literally feel faint. I really don’t know what it is about tomato plant....

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Jun 13, 2011
Something’s eating the peppers
Erin Etheridge  Burpee Home Gardens Guest Blogger
So it’s officially been a month, and the container garden is off to a fantastic start. I haven’t gone nuts and overwatered, for one thing, even though this scorching early-June heat tempts....

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May 25, 2011
And so it begins
Erin Etheridge  Burpee Home Gardens Guest Blogger
My plants arrived in a soggy box, thanks to one of those infamous April downpours. I took them to the kitchen, opened up the box, and let my precious seedlings absorb a little light through the glass....

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