Some of my plants from last year are coming up already outside! It has been warmer, but is still quite cold. I have noticed that we have had several nights that have not gotten to freezing though. They have gotten close, but still we are having very warm nights. Here are some pictures of Strawberry […]
Hi everyone, I am toying with expanding my outdoor garden this year! I have found that with only 5 more fence pieces I can double my garden space! Last year I found it hard to weed, and the plants were all too close together. Especially in mid-summer when everything gets to be a bit of […]
It is a home-based business that cultivate and harvest their own seeds to sell! It is non-GMO and they encourage seed saving. You can find a link to their site on the right side of my home page. The name is St. Clare Heirloom Seeds. The best part about ordering from their site was the amazing selection! […]
Planting the yellow globe onions was a breeze. Watching the green shoots come up, also a breeze… The trouble started when grass also sprouted around the green onion shoots. I could not tell them apart very well and when I tried to weed I inevitably ruined onions. So I stopped. 🙁 Combine that with a […]
So I was able to harden the seedlings successfully! Normally that’s when I kill things. Generally I forget about them and then they die from over exposure. This time I was meticulous about how much time they were out each day and brought them in properly. The only thing that happened was a little sunburn […]
I planted some strawberry plants a few years ago and all we ever got was one single strawberry from them. NOW they are very happy and producing many berries! They are so delicious. Store-bought strawberries are NOTHING compared to the flavor you get from growing your own. I have them in the center of my […]
I harvested the first of the radishes the other day! They were pretty small, but the rows needed thinning anyway. They were VERY tasty. Not as spicy as I would like, but at least my daughter can have some then too. The type of radish I got was a “Cherry Belle” They are a solid […]
Hi everyone! Today I planted the seeds in the outdoor garden. I put in broccoli, carrots, zucchini, cilantro and basil. I bordered the sides with cosmos, and made areas for the small plants of broccoli, onions, bell and jalapeno peppers, and tomatoes to go once they are properly hardened. I have the baby plants up […]
Thank you to the bird or rabbit that ate some honey suckle berries and then came to Maddie’s garden! We have had this bush/tree for a few years now and I am going to attempt to train it into a topiary shape this year! The first year it was going to be a tree = […]
So, as many of you have heard I tore out a large juniper bush and one other small bush in front of my house to extend my flower bed last season. There is rock packed with mud in this area as the previous owners had a rock bed with evergreen bushes before. (Which I despise!!!!!) […]