This year was not a banner year for the garden. We had several heat waves, long spells without rain, and distractions at home that kept me from making a lot of extra effort. However, it wasn’t all a wash. This morning I harvested the rest of my potatoes and can...
Despite my efforts (or lack thereof this summer), the vegetable garden just isn’t producing a heck of a lot. However, we’ve had some gorgeous weather this week so I went out back to take a good hard look at my garden, dig up a few things, address the weeds, and...
The Kimble farm had to be put on the back burner the last two months due to a family emergency. This led my focus away from the garden and ultimately I killed lots of things. But it’s ok! We are all alive and sometimes life forces us to take sudden...
It’s been a busy week of planting at the Kimble household. I visited my raised beds to see peas and snap peas popping up. Last year rabbits ate every pea plant down to the ground, so I’m hoping this year they leave them alone. Our landscaping project also was completed...
My potatoes arrived on Friday, April 15, and I opened up the box and immediately cut them up. The process I used this year was to cut them into chunks, ensuring each piece had at least one eye. The eye is what ends up sprouting. In the past my potatoes...
Well it’s been a few months since I got my seedlings started, and things are moving right along here. Peppers are always the happiest, and my tomatoes and celery are hanging in there. I lost one tomato and one celery so far, but this is to be expected and I’m...
Today is one of my favorite days of the year–garden planning and playing in some dirt! I went through my seeds, drew up my plans, and got 28 seedlings under my grow light today. It may be a tiny bit early, but it was a sunny afternoon and I wanted...
This fall, our nice days stayed nice well into late October. This is the excuse I’m making for getting my garlic in the ground a bit later than I had planned. Last year I planted in October and that timing was great–scapes arrived in June and the garlic was ready...
