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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
The last of the Limas
Oh the last of the garden is always sad, but the time has come for the good earth in Pennsylvania to take a rest. Today I took the tomato plants […]
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 […]
Fall creeps in………
It will soon come to the time when we can’t enjoy the fresh smell of laundry on the line. It hasn’t rained here much at all lately and the brown […]
Maybe I need a bigger pickin’ basket
It was a bounty this morning. It was a little dicey picking the little sugar baby tomatoes which are right next to the black eyed peas, with the yellow jackets […]
Chili today
Pick tomatoes and a jalapeno from the garden, soak some kidney beans from last year, chop up some other things and after while I’ll have a little pot of chili!
The garden race
The race to be the tallest is on in the garden. Kentucky Wonder green beans were the first thing to reach the top of the trellis structure. https://sarasinart.net/2015/04/19/so-two-engineers-built-a-trellis/ They […]
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