August brings hardy hibiscus flowers
There are still some things you can pretty much count on. Winter brings cold and snow, yea, every year! March usually brings robins, April brings crocus, May brings the […]
Romanesco broccoli ooops
Research, research, I didn’t do enough of it. Turns out this broccoli is a cool weather plant and these small heads are the plant going to bolt. I’ve collected […]
A good morning harvest
Hmm, tomorrow I’ll make tomato sauce to freeze for winter recipes, and make some cole slaw too. How does your garden grow?
Ahh glorious beans
Limas above. Limas and green beans below, learning to go “over” instead of “up” , crawling on a wire between two 9′ trellises. Jack in the Beanstalk is a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sarasin's thoughts....... 