There he sits, in the snow
He’s waiting for life to sprout up from the frozen ground and produce lots of veggies. And my little stool just sits there, waiting for me to sit on it […]
Tag Archives: growing food
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 […]
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 […]
Things are growing on around here!
I went to the greenhouse early in the season to buy herbs. I saw 4 “cute little spaghetti squash” plants, and decided to bring them home too. I would plant […]
Garden going wild!
The garden is doing amazing stuff. I had posted before that I had a garden mystery: squash coming up where my cucumbers (only!) were supposed to be, squash that I […]
Gardening adventures
Or maybe I should just call them gardening misadventures. I planted two kinds of cucumber seeds under a big bamboo teepee: some straight 8’s and some pickling cukes. I planted […]
Let the gardening games (finally) begin!
Weather people say it was the coldest, wettest spring in this area since the 1960’s. I just know it was bad for a gardener who wants to get started early, […]
The beginning of the garden
I had a guy till up a bigger area cos our garden is growing. It doesn’t have anywhere to go more than this, so we will make good use of […]
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