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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.
Yesterday, all my coffee felt so far away… but now today is Saturday, a different day, my body is fully caffinate* *not a real word, but it rhymes?…
If your countertops aren’t filled with fresh from the garden goodness are you even a happy, harvesting homesteader at the end of September?
Around the garden – late August. Finally picking! Tomatoes. Yellow Beans. Banana Peppers. Zinnias, Potatoes, Celery! Mint. Lettuce. Chives. Basil. Sugar Baby Watermelon. Cucumbers. Eggplant. Tomatoes. Banana Peppers….
Corn! We have not been successful in growing corn in years…and mostly by years I mean ever. This is one of many many dozens left to pick. Hurrah!…
Around the Garden I do love a good picking of the herbs… And the multi-colored pickings. Soon there will be many, many more…
Around the garden. 1. Cucamelon! The cutest darn plant in the whole wide world. So tiny!!! 2. Peppers 3. Gourd 4. Malabar Spinach 5. Elderberries!!! 6. Eggplant 7….
Blooms in the medicinal herb garden. Bee Balm. Holy Basil. Yarrow. Lavender. Marshmallow. Comfrey.
Crown of Thorns. A gift to Weber Wonderland last year. Omggggg she is unreal. I propagated four new plants successfully from cuttings of at least two feet of…
I did WAY TOO MUCH GARDENING TONIGHT and I’m certain I will regret it tomorrow. Already stiff as a board, heading to the hot tub and then watering…
Valerian root! I’m really hoping this air dries nicely because I’ve heard dehydrating can be really stinky.
I gave the Johnny Jump-ups more space. The original two clearance pots are now happily four. Well, well, well. What do we have here? In the spot where…
Flowers from the Garden Hyacinths, Tulips and Daffodils. LILACS! Finally! After *years* of waiting for the bare roots to grow.
And, sow it begins once again. Round one SEED STARTING complete. HWMMS bought me this cool seed saving storage box for Christmas. I LOVE IT. Little Tic-Tac containers…
Tis that time of year! SPRING FORWARD is already this weekend – what? My Hopsice Spring Flower Bouquet arrived – so pretty! Kelly traded me the bunch that…
All Things Herbalism Time! I finally got around to organizing some of my herbs and seeds and tinctures and oils. Wild Dagga leaves and flower petals. Boneset tincture….
Never enough seeds. Just another order from Baker Creek Seeds. Look what I found! Another seed shop! This one is called dollar seeds and as you might guess…
Look at the wee cauliflower! The weather outside is FRIGID. But my indoor broccoli is starting to sprout! I bought these seedlings a LONG time ago towards the…
I’m getting ready to place a few seed orders for #garden2022 and I just checked my stash to see what I already have. This doesn’t include seeds I…
Nothing makes me happier. Hands. In. Dirt. I bought a few broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage plants late Fall and had them on the porch until the freezing cold…
I’m ignoring all the noise out there today by posting a pic of some garden plants growing on the balcony. Lettuce, carrots, calendula <blooming> and celery. Portrait of…
Yesterday, I harvested the last of our lettuce. Last of the greens for 2021. And planted about 500 spring bulbs in the “peach flower garden.” I was supposed…
Harvested the porch carrots today. Moved about 12 pots indoors to see if they will grow more. 5 carrots per pot means potentially 60 more babies.
Look at these adorable balls of basil!!! <cucumbers and marigolds> Scarlet Runner Beans. The bees and hummingbirds are obsessed with these blossoms! Sunchokes Sunflowers Catnip…oops, went to seed….
