The yard is flat in the winter
And boring in the winter. And each spring, I plant seeds that will spring up plants from the earth, and the garden and yard is not flat any more. And […]
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A garden and yard walk about
It’s almost like a bog here, with 3″ of rain last night and more predicted for the next 3 days. Flood watches and warnings are out all around central Pa […]
A squash named Audrey
I like to grow weird things in the garden; purple jalapenos, black tomatoes, white tomatoes. It’s all gardening fun and each new thing is a new adventure. Last year I […]
Hugel bed
I keep reading about a permaculture practice called hugel culture. I thought it would be neat to try. My garden is getting a little smaller next year since I’m getting […]
More of the magic of the earth
This old basket and I have been together in the garden for a few years. It fits over my arm and gives me both hands free for picking things […]
The shrinking of the garden
Well, we all get old(er.) The bad part is admitting it. OK, I admit it. The garden will be smaller next year. That rough area on the right will be […]
Time to make tomato sauce
I ran out of my tomato sauce in May. That won’t happen again next year. I’ve been taking off tomatoes as they came ripe and blanching, skinning, coring and freezing […]
Groundhogs and bamboo and squash bugs, oh my!
Challenges, gardening challenges! Last fall we thought we had Wilbur living under the garage for the winter, and that was kinda cute and all, and one groundhog doesn’t eat that […]
You can learn so much working in the garden
I have a fenced in area that’s sort of rabbit proof. Other years I used to cover it with cardboard in the fall to keep all sort of extraneous weeds […]
Spring is springing
We had a warm spell in February, then back to normal Pa temps. Now it looks like spring is really coming. Chives are up, and parsley. Some others herbs that […]
