May Gardening (2017)
I've learned my lesson from years past and have been holding off on planting in the garden until at least past Mother's Day, if not Memorial Day weekend. Since I…
What’s up in the Garden
It's been a pretty relaxing few months in the garden. There's more grass than weeds in years past, and the plants we do have do not take much work beyond…
Garden Plan (2016)
My 2016 garden started last fall with the planting of seventy-two cloves of garlic started from Enon Valley Garlic bulbs. Just after the daffodils started to poke through the ground,…
Garlic Planting: 2016
Another year, another garlic plan! Last year I got the worst chest cold just after Halloween, which is when I wanted to plant garlic. This year, I thought I would…
Garlic Harvest 2015
Many hands make light work, and the kids did a lot of work with the garlic this year. They planted it in the fall. Helped harvest garlic scapes. Farm to…
Zucchini: Pollination in Action
It is pretty awesome to come back from a few days away from home to see lots of delicious changes in the garden. Salad greens and beets had some nice…
Garden Plan: 2015
Soon as the calendar rolls around to March I get stoked for the upcoming garden season. I know our season technically started last fall when we tilled the entire garden,…
Harvesting Garlic
Today we harvested our garlic - 40 heads to be exact, only hit one with the shovel! I went back to grab the link from when we planted the garlic…
Everything is coming up Garlic
Garlic is sticking its tongue out while the deer mow down any crocus that comes up. (So NOT cool!) However, the deer won't get garlic because as my daughter points…
Overwintering Key Lime/Limequat Tree
I am surprised, but really happy the limequat tree we brought inside for the winter is still alive! I had a tough time with leaf drop when we first brought…