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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.
Flowers from the garden. I do love the variety. I decided to rescue some of the Spring flowers before the snow comes tonight to bury them. I’d guess…
Tomatoes frustrate me so…I’ve clipped them down to desperation level. No diseases this year but still so many green. I’ve only been able to can 6 jars of…
Just yesterday I had all the garden goodies and produce put away. Today the kitchen is filled once more. Cauliflower, tomatoes & unhusked sweet corn from Rumfola Farms…
Calendula. Oh how I love thee sticky medicinal resin and your effortless brilliant blooms. Waiting to dry and add to jojoba oil along with borage flowers to nourish…
Hey! Did someone say free hay? And this is what we did with the hay. Hilled up the potato garden. Deer have been munching but I think we…
This is our “main garden.” The left side has black mulch down with two sweet corns, red popcorn and baby corn. Also various squashes and pumpkins and gourds…
I haven’t been a good garden blogger AT ALL. I’ll try to be better. Here’s what’s been planted in the Weber Wonderland Garden 2020 to date. Some plants…
Erg. I haven’t felt this way in a few weeks. I ate a healthy breakfast! Open Faced Veggie Omelet – with fresh grown chives and mushrooms. Hurrah! The…
Dear God. After the last week, I have to say I’m feeling a WEE BIT Cautiously Optimistic that things are going to turn around. I have no problem…
The only thing that could have taken my mind of a global pandemic and our country burning — an epic lightning storm. Wowza. The sky was an endless…
“Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men, it is the music of the people who will not be slaves again…” It’s difficult to…
I took the dogs out and sat on the porch and then went back to bed. My brain wants me to get up and make beignets and coffee,…
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. I just placed an order from a local farm (Davies Hillside Farms) for pork sausage and duck eggs – SCOTCH EGGS ARE IN OUR FUTURE THIS WEEKEND!…
Before the rain. Garden time! Baby bok choi plot next to the garlic. Valerian plot w/ catnip and echinecea. Chinese broccoli plot w/calendula. In case anyone needs to…
Seeds. And. This. Isn’t. All. Of. Them. I placed another order last night. I have a problem. Every year, its chronic and wonderful. I’m behind this year, but…