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...
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...
Turn, turn, turn. A time to plant, a time to harvest. I woke up today thinking it was time to turn the garden over, pull out the failed plants, and sow my garlic. After all, my garlic has been here for over two weeks anxious to get in the ground....
This is year two of our backyard garden. We’ve had successes this year that were failures last year, but continue to have fun seeing what grows in our yard. In year two, I’ve finally accepted that I have a dilemma: I want to grow things that need a lot of...
