The season of good holidays
It’s the season of good holidays, and I hope you each have healthy, special holidays, whatever yours are. We have differences, but it’s good to be able to come together […]
Category Archives: Cooking/Food
Squash, lots of them, ripening, I hope
There was a danger of frost about a week ago. Winter squash shouldn’t be allowed to frost on the plant or they might not ripen if you have to bring […]
More about fall in the garden
The big Chinese sqaush now has little buds all over the place. The original ones are starting to get their mature color. I hope that since the plant is […]
And autumn comes…..
The pampas grass looks so pretty with its tassels on, but it’s one of many sure signs that autumn is here. Leaves are starting to fall from some trees. After […]
This squash!
It’s just fun, growing this squash. There are 9 big ones forming as they should. There are some other little buds which probably won’t have time to develop into mature […]
Gardening always has challenges
There are sometimes new challenges come along, like groundhogs last year. And old challenges like blight on tomatoes and powdery mildew on squash. I had both of them bad this […]
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 […]
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 […]
