Romanesco broccoli
I had never heard of it. The organic, heirloom seed company I buy my seeds from sent me the seeds in the spring, free for ordering other seeds. I […]
Monthly Archives: July 2014
It’s kind of hard to type………..
………………with these two big feet hanging down on the keyboard! This is a hint that she’d like to go outside! (Not all my blogs are about gardening, just most […]
Black eyed peas
They’re not like other beans at all. They get bigger before they start to flower, and once the flowers are done and the bean pods come on, they take longer […]
A nice cabbage
If you’ve never grown cabbage and only ever bought it from the store, you automatically think of cabbage as being a thing maybe 6″ across. It’s hard to believe […]
Remember that trellis I named Encouragement?
It’s 9′ tall. Calling it Encouragement worked, and so did good non-GMO seeds, and lots of water and good aged horse manure as fertilizer. (Also continuously getting rid of as […]
Jewel weed and Dykeman Park
Nature provides hidden surprises. If you know how to use the surprises, sometimes it can really help you. Poison ivy is an awful thing, but there is a common weed […]
I grow green beans in the strangest places
And not always on purpose! Last year a green bean seed somehow got among my tomato plants. It gave me as many beans as if it had been growing […]
Another of nature’s miracles
I see many of nature’s miracles every time I go or look outside, but I could not believe this one! At least 20 years ago, there was a mimosa […]
The music of nature
Such a tiny bird; if you could hold one in you hand you probably wouldn’t even notice the weight. But industrious little parents and home builders, they match the big […]
Bee Informed-This is Truly Foul News!
Originally posted on Tennesseetransitions:
Attention Tennessee beekeepers in Washington, Sullivan, Hawkins, Unicoi, Johnson, and Carter counties: a case of American Foulbrood is being investigated in Kingsport, TN. State apiarist Mike…
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