Why Is Another Gardening Blog Needed?

There is certainly no shortage of information about vegetable gardening or really about anything else available from the Internet.  Seed companies, nurseries, garden clubs etc. all do provide useful information about growing vegetables; but, like politics,  growing conditions are determined by local factors and can require local accommodation.

As Master Gardeners, we want to assist both the experienced backyard gardener who may be encountering a new pest and the beginning gardener who may be wondering what is the best tomato or bush bean to grow in Rensselaer County.  We hope this blog will enable us to reach out more effectively to more of these gardeners.

As the seasons progress, this blog will attempt to be a collectivelty authored garden journal as we  share some of  our personal gardening activities, record our progress at the Extension's vegetable plot of the Demonstation Garden located on Route 43 in front of the Robert C. Parker School in North Greenbush, and discuss environmental and other horticultural factors.