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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.

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Gardening for the Soul

As I wrote a few weeks ago… One of these days when I’m not 1. sick or 2. anxiety filled and in a fetal position in bed, I…

Pink Oyster Mushrooms

Who needs roses? Pink oyster mushrooms homegrown at Weber Wonderland for the win. Gorgeous!

Bees

If there’s one thing we do right at Weber Wonderland…its providing a friendly habitat for bees. The bees are still quite plentiful loving up on our sunflowers and…

Fuck Gardening

I really only post about my garden successes because there are far, far too many fails and I don’t like to be reminded. (Those seed catalogs tempt me…

The Green Tomato Salsa Experience

And it shall be called the Green Tomato Salsa Experience. Which produced. 22 pints of salsa. Don’t ask for the recipe. Its just a whole lot of this…

Stuck in a Swarm of Stinging Ground Insects

Labor Day. I decided to not labor on Labor Day. Not even in the garden (it rained all last night and it’s still pretty damp out there.) DESPITE…

Multicoloured Squash (DRESS!)

Last night HWMMS and I took a walk around Weber Wonderland and looked at all the bushy flowery viney pumpkin, squash, gourd plants we have growing. So many…

Cucumbers

Cucumbers. Picked about 6 the other day. And a few more the next day. And a dozen more just now. (YAY RAIN!) They are a’ comin’. I swear…

Basil Overload!

Basil overload. I just went out to the herb garden to pick some basil…this is only 8 plants. I dare say there are about 92 more out there….

The Fern Project

Behold! The Fern Project is complete! I’ve always wanted to hang ferns from the porch but they are expensive! And we need at least 6 of them…and as…

Seeds! (Round 1)

Seeds! (Round 1) Do you see(d) what I see(d)? Order #1. Of many more. So colorful. So much variety. So full of possibility.

Turmeric

I finally took the time and did a little spice grinding. The smell of fresh grow my own turmeric is potent and breathtaking. Mmmm. I need to grow…

Red Sunflowers

I can’t tell you how many sunflower seeds I planted this year. This is the ONE red sunflower that made it. One.

Green Tomatoes

“It’s ok little overachievers, time to stop flowering and start turning those pretty green fruits, red.” -Me, talking to my zillion GREEN tomatoes on the vine in the…

Thai Basil

This overflowing basket of Thai Basil is gorgeous and smells divine. I hated harvesting, it was so lively in the herb garden. Gonna make some pesto.

Reisetomate Tomatoes

These Reisetomate Tomatoes are ridiculous and beautiful and odd and delightful. 

Tomatoes!

Tomatoes. The awesomely alien looking cluster one is called Reisetomate from Baker Creek. I had no choice but to try to grow…it looked too fun! Little did I…

Endless Gardening

We spent many, many hours in the garden today. And now we’re 90% caught up with weeding, composting, hilling, caging, trellising in the one front yard garden (gourds,…

Thai Basil Chicken

I just harvested my first round of Thai Basil from the herb garden, so excited I have about a dozen plants that have really taken off and are…

Garden 2018

Garden 2018: Attempting to Grow at Weber Wonderland As always, let’s see what actually grows for Garden 2018…and then see what actually produces a harvest. Tis an experiment…

Edible Weeds

Dandelions: Yes of course I’ve eaten dandelion greens. My problem is I seem to wait too long and then they are too big and tough and bitter or they…

Sleepytime Herbal Lemonade

Sleepytime Herbal Lemonade To make sleepytime herbal lemonade, just add chamomile, lemon balm, lemons and raw blue agave syrup. Simmer on stove a few hours, strain and enjoy…

A Snake! A Snake! Oh It’s a Snake!

Dear TWO + FOOT LONG GARTER SNAKE (Yes, I’m shouting!( Thank you for obviously eating all of the things near the front stairs and in our rose/strawberry porch…

Strawberries

With no rehearsal for the first time in 3 months, I finally spent some “free time” in the garden. I’ve been thinning out our WAY overcrowded strawberry patch…

Garden

Oh how I long to get my hands dirty…soon, soon. 1. First cutting of chives and catnip. And basil from indoor plants. 2. Cheery cherry blossoms. 3. And…

Plantasia!

Plantasia time! So apparently, we can get a photo of the sign and the top of our heads OR just our heads. It’s always a goofy adventure with…

Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens

One of the places I CANNOT BELIEVE I HAVEN’T BEEN TO BEFORE NOW—the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. I know right? ME? Never at the gardens? How…