Gardening as a Frugal Project: Factors That Make for Success #13-#15
#13 Comparison shop for supplies, seeds, and plants, just like you would for anything else. Don’t buy everything from the first garden center you see or the first catalog you receive. They may not have...
View ArticleGarden Tour #1 (photos taken May 30)
Garden #1 Buckwheat (cover crop) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weeds. No, really this is peas, lettuce, greens, parsnips, and kohlrabi, plus volunteer potatoes . . . and weeds....
View ArticleGarden Tour #2 (photos taken May 30)
More garden photos! Garden #3 These are beets. ~~~~~ Corn ~~~~~~~ Garden #4 More corn. Potatoes
View ArticleGarden Tour #3 (photos taken May 30)
Garden #5 Bean beds being made. ~~~~~~~ I think this is cabbage. ~~~~~~~ Garden #6 Quinoa ~~~~~~~ Peas ~~~~~~~ More potatoes! ~~~~~~~ More field corn. ~~~~~ It is all much more grown up now! We already...
View ArticleIt’s Seriously That Time of Year Again!
What is going on right now in food preservation. Lemon juice pickles canned Thursday I didn’t get pictures of the nectarines frozen on Thursday. ~~~~~ Okra waiting to be fixed ~~~~~ Green beans canned...
View ArticleBlogging and This Time of Year Don’t Mix
Sooo, how about a few pictures? They may explain why blogging and this time of year don’t mix. Just another taste of what is happening in my home. Ingenious (if I may say so myself) way of harvesting...
View ArticleSpring . . . is not here.
It’s been a while! We were finally able to exchange Christmas gifts. We all had a lovely time together. I had to give a few IOUs because I wasn’t able to finish my sewing. I SHOULD have been able to...
View ArticleA Few Pictures from This Spring
A very wild tulip my aunt grew ~~~~~ Strawberries to come (not this year, though!) ~~~~~ Apple blossoms ~ always breathtaking to me!
View ArticleBeginner Beds and Borders {Free Printable}
Free printable small flower gardening beds and borders. With these simple, printable beds and borders you can experiment to your heart's content without having to draw the bed or border each time! I...
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