Last year, my husband and I set up a small area in our backyard for planting vegetables. I only did it for a short period of time and then was placed on bed rest. My husband tried to keep up with it but then life got in the way and we ended up …
I have enough basil to last me ALL winter! This isn’t even ALL OF IT. This is just what I brought inside the other day. I also FINALLY grew some tomatoes. You know I was very late to enter this game. I think I missed the mark by about 2 months – but it all …
Yeah!! We finally got to pick vegetables. We were all so very HAPPY!!! It’s been a slow but rewarding run but our cucumbers, radishes, and strings beans were ready to be pulled this weekend. Everyone grabbed a bowl and headed outside. My mother and grandmother were over for lunch – so they took part in …
As you can see, my cucumbers went WILD over the last few weeks. Well, actually – maybe you can’t see them because my bush beans also grew quite a bit. Look all the way to the left of my raised bed. Those oversized leaves that are climbing over the first row of boxes do not …
Things are happening in my backyard. I am well beyond seeding and now need to figure out what to do with all these growing vegetables. My cucumbers are getting a little crazy. I had a feeling they needed some support, so I ran to Barnes and Nobles and did some reading. My husband is going …
Again, totally embarrassed about my handwriting… please ignore. 🙂 I visit my Square Foot Garden about twice a day just to make sure that a)things are going as planned and b) to water the plants. It is SUPER hot these days and my backyard vegetable garden gets about 8-9 hours of direct sunlight during the summer. Some of my tomato …