I finally made it out to the garden tonight. I thought I should since I can’t remember the last time I went and with a change in weather, the garden needed some water. I’m feeling like my garden is an after thought this year. Tonight, one of my fellow gardeners said, “I haven’t seen much [...]
Here’s the latest from the garden (taken last week). The peppers are in, can’t wait to eat those. Plus on the other side of the garden bed I planted our first crop of carrots, broccoli, and few different types of lettuce. I’ve never grown broccoli or lettuce. Can’t wait to learn more about it this [...]
All right, I finally sat down Friday night and put together a plan on paper for our garden. I’m sure things will change as I start to plant, but it’s always helpful to me to have a big picture as my guide. This year I changed the layout of the garden bed to one long [...]
And the Adventures in Gardening continues….
I hadn’t touched out pea patch since October and this is what I found when I went one morning to check it out
Just about everyone else had started their gardens, and mine was completely covered in weeds! As you can see the morning I went to check it out, it [...]
My garden is out of control. I lost control way back in July when I started to work again. I just didn’t have the time nor the motivation to drive up to the garden and spend the evening weeding and tending. Despite my lack of attentiveness, I’ve had a bounteous harvest, which continues to this [...]
Back in 2nd grade (I think) I sang with two girls in a school talent show a song called “What’s more American.” I can’t remember many of the words, but one of the lines goes like this… “What’s more American than hot dogs?” Actually, now that I think about it, I’m not sure that is [...]
Well, the garden is moving along quite smoothly for my first time. Every time I visit it, I’m amazed at how big everything is getting. The tomatoes are monstrous, and the bush beans are out of control! The strawberries are being eaten before I can get to them. Hopefully I’ll be putting a little chicken [...]
I think the most daunting task of the whole garden has actually been trying to decide what to grow and how much of each to grow. While at the family reunion I worked with my Mom and then my Dad to come up with some layout ideas of the garden. The night before we headed [...]
Sunshine- Welcome back Mr. Sun, thank you for your warmth. I promise to soak up as much as I can while you’re here!
Garden Party- On Saturday, some of my fellow cohort members from grad school met up at our graduate advisor, John Miles’ house. He has a giant garden at his house. [...]
As I learned in all my reading and talking, that the most important part to a healthy, hearty garden is to have AMAZING soil. I’ve worked really hard to properly prepare our soil. Here’s how it went…
1. Original Plot. This is what I had to work with
2. Soil Admendment. I weeded and loosened the top [...]
