It’s now been, what? Almost a month and maybe even a week since I’ve written. I kept having the best intentions to write and then…..something always got in my way. First I injured my left foot while walking through the garden, next, was my laptop which decided right now was a perfect time for an epic fail. Then next hubby having yet another TDY, while my son and I were
The nice thing about vacations when you have a garden is you get the wonderful treat of seeing how your garden did in your absence. All in all I’m pretty happy with our progress. Something ate every single little leaf off our parsley so that bit the dust. I’m betting it was a neighborhood squirrel. Our lemon balm obviously didn’t like the heat as a good portion of it died
I’ve been looking at photos from the past few weeks, especially since I found some recently on my Facebook page from last year at almost exactly this time, and well….I really have to pat my husband and I on the back. This is what really made the impact. The left side was from last year. No compost, no raised beds, No compost tea, no extra soil. Nothing.This year we’ve added
Normally I like to update here each week but this past week has been extremely busy. The theme parks are open so we’ve been enjoying that as well as preparing for our upcoming vacation. Plus, add the rainy weather and well. I just haven’t had a chance to take photos, give any updates, etc. So without further delay, here’s a photo log of how things are going. Unfortunately I forgot
Wednesday our little friends arrived in the mail!!! Approximately 250 of Red Wigglers along with several little cocoons which will hatch later on and provide even more worms. (or as we call them for our son “squirmy wormies”) So Wednesday night hubby and I had to prepare their new home. Luckily enough I had already picked up the rubbermaid containers from Target. Great deal for $5.99 each. Not bad! Then
Actually we completed the front bed over 2 weeks ago but we finally had the time AND the money to get the compost and till up by hand the area a bit. It looks so much better! However it appears that some monster is getting to the Marina di Chioggia simply because they’re being broken. I’m guessing it’s the neighbors dog but since I haven’t seen him do that to
A bit of history on me. First I used to help my Dad in the garden as a kid. Many’s the time I can remember helping Dad harvest our meager amount of tomatoes in Southern Maryland. My babysitters parents used to have a massive sized garden and when my babysitter needed to run an errand she would bring my little brother and I to her parents so they could help
This past winter we discovered compost tea. I have to admit, when I first heard of it my very first thought was “OOOHH GROSS!” After a bit of research though and hearing lots of good things about it, I decided to give it a try. So I went to Youtube like I almost always do to scout out people who are familiar with it. I was lucky enough to almost
Wow! I mean really WOW. My feet are so sore, my legs hurt but a quick look outdoors at how things are going makes me feel better! This weekend we planted:dill(3 varieties Bouquet, Dukat, and Mammoth),cilantrobasiltomatoes(in the ground)eggplant (a cheat! We purchased some ichiban, a personal favorite for stir fry)Bell pepper (another cheat, simply because we’re afraid of our own not growing enough to plant and produce later)Sweet alyssum (cheated
Today we planned to run to the gym since we haven’t been there in decades however after breakfast we began talking about all that needed to be done with the yard, then we got caught up planting, cleaning up, etc so we never actually made it to the gym. Good news is that we got loads done!!! Early this morning we took some advice from Ray at Youtube. Well that
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