So, This year to extend my Spring 2011 season and help my fragile ego recover from my major FAIL at building a greenhouse last fall I decided to get some lumber and build mini garden bed greenhouses. This entailed me first constructing raised beds that were not off the ground, just allowed me to raise […]
Hi everyone, I figured this needs it’s own post so that people can search for it. 🙂 I have a chive plant (perennial) that I have had for about 4 years now. I love chives in dips and potatoes, but in a flower garden I am reconsidering my choice! Chives can send out runners and […]
I got the majority of my outdoor weeding done yesterday! The vegetable garden was full of thistles and other odd looking plants I didn’t want in there. I also found a whole patch of volunteer tomatoes! They will need thinning so now I have a serious amount of tomato plants! The two strawberry plants are […]
I promised you all a picture of my tomatoes after I staked them, so here it is: As you can see, you don’t need anything fancy when the tomatoes are this small! I have used 3 chopsticks, and 2 cooking skewers and some (not so sticky) tape. You don’t have to invest in stakes and […]