Archive for the ‘Gardening’ Category

The New Garden is GROWING!

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Posted in Gardening | No Comments »

So far the growing season has been fantastic for us this year. This is the new garden we made in the beginning of April (and you can see the new herb garden behind it which needs a few more bricks ...

Loving the CSA, the Garden, and Cheese

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Gardening, Recipes/Cooking | No Comments »

I haven't updated at all on our CSA adventure and thought it was about time that I should! We just picked up our fresh veggies from our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for the second time this past Wednesday. We only ...

My Garden Hoop House

Friday, April 9th, 2010 Posted in Gardening | No Comments »

Thought I would show the little hoop house I made to protect my lettuce, spinach, kale and broccoli using half-inch pvc pipe and recycled screen from our porch. It also gives these cooler weather crops a little shade and they ...

Planted the Spring Garden

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Gardening | No Comments »

Yesterday David and I decided we better hurry and get in the Spring garden before it gets too warm, so we prepared the two beds and got the one on the left ready to go. We bought some broccoli plants ...

We hung strawberries baskets!

Sunday, March 7th, 2010 Posted in Gardening | 2 Comments »

Today we bought three hanging baskets and brackets and planted strawberries! I have no idea if they will do well like this, but I figured it was worth a try and I didn't want to use the Topsy Turvey thing. ...

Our First Crop from the Garden

Sunday, July 26th, 2009 Posted in Gardening, Recipes/Cooking | No Comments »

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Been so busy, but got in the gardens

Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in Gardening | No Comments »

I cannot tell you how busy I've been lately, and it's been rather difficult to find time for anything but I did manage to get in my two square foot gardens (above-ground, sized 4'x4') over the last two weekends (while ...