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All Things Garden
The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. — Abraham Lincoln
All things garden, gardening, landscaping, plants, culinary and medicinal herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables. I might not always have a green thumb, but I’m having a lot of fun homesteading and experimenting. 99% organic. My husband even set up an indoor greenhouse area for me to play with! There’s just something about getting my hands in the earth that find irresistible. And NOTHING tastes better than food you grow on your own, you can quote me on that one.
Um. Ummmmm. Garlic scapes literally appeared overnight. Ok, maybe over two nights. It’s only June 1st!!! I’m still drying and processing the green garlic I thinned recently! Anyone…
Drying the blossoms for infused vinegar and the stalks grinding into powder. Oh and this bounty – isn’t even from the patch in the photo. 🙂
Green Spring Garlic anyone? Otherwise known as my least favorite garden task…thinning. This is from one of three patches. Our garlic WILL GROW BIG AND STRONG THIS YEAR….
Medicinal Herb Garden. Looking GOOD. These are all perennials! (Finally, some success!) That wee patch I circled is MARJORAM. And I separated it and ended up with about…
Last night when HWMMS came home from work I went to hug him and he paused… “What?” “You’re covered with dirt, I love it.” “But you hate dirty…
Another garden plot weeded. So glad to see some of the medicinals *finally* taking hold! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Lemon Balm, Lovage, Meadowsweet, Comfrey, Arnica, Pennyroyal, Cleavers, Yarrow, St. John…
I know it’s probably silly, but indoor container gardening success makes me happy. I need to do much more of this in the off season, you know, 6…
I finally organized the seeds. There are about 20? bigger boxes and 50? smaller boxes and at least 20 packages of peppers and tomatoes. And (not shown) maybe…
THE ENDLESS WEEDING BEGINS! I was happy to oblige though, the herb garden was calling out my name. Oh wet, fertile filled with worms and chickweed garden plot,…
SPRING IS COMING! Garlic is growing! And I was able to harvest a fwe wee greens from seeds started February 1st – a few Tiny Bok Choy and…
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Seeds started on Feb 1. Greens, herbs, radishes. I have some still under grow lights and trying an experiment with some of them in the dining room. This…
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I’m trying to stay positive. All the good things – BRAIN THINK OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS. But today its a bit of a struggle. SHIFT OUT OF…
SEEDS! Round One. A big round, but I had a 15% off coupon code and wanted to make the most of it. The weather is lovely. FALSE SPRING…
How many garlic cloves did we plant for 2023? If you guessed 1000 you win! This is not a row of garlic, but a row of Milk Thistle….
I found these rogue? cosmos flowers in the peach garden site. No other cosmos around, just this one huge pink plant. Hmmmm. The porch garden is still growing…
Yes Mimi Cat, I would love to nap in the dirt too, alas work calls. I had my last 6 am shift for a week yesterday though, at…
Actual image of me working this weekend. Ha! (All morning shifts too.) What Was I Thinking? I’m glad I didn’t attempt to squeeze my fat ass into a…
Our final pumpkin squash gourd harvest. I have NO idea where those beautiful round yellow pumpkins came from, but I hope they taste as sweet as they look….
The garden season has come to an end. And the to-do clean-up list is never-ending and just not happening between my work schedule and rain. But look at…
Woosh. I just don’t have it in me today. Grumpy day yesterday. SUPER grumpy day this morning. I didn’t even try to blog until, well, my shift is…
Mimi Cat is living her best life today. Ah, the sunshine is out and the air is crisp and coolish – perfect morning to get out in the…