Aug 5, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – August 5 I had great intentions of working for a good, long stretch in the garden today but the humid, 87 degree weather changed my mind. We harvested potatoes, picked basil for pesto, and tied up dahlias this morning but by 10 AM...
Aug 3, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, What's for dinner?
Contrary to the popular holiday song, I think that August is the most wonderful time of the year. It’s the month when you can walk into the garden after work and ask, “What’s for dinner?” Tonight the garden answers “Green beans, Zephyr squash, salad, tomatoes and...
Jul 30, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 30 When people tour my garden for the first time one flower in particular catches their eye. “Oh, what is this?” they ask. It’s interesting that the Emilia javanica ‘Scarlet Magic’ draws them because it’s one of the smallest...
Jul 25, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, growing the spirit, Life's Gardens, my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
can produce a feast. Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 24 I love the time of year when we can come home and pick dinner. The new potatoes are ready, the chard is thick, the beans and summer squash are prolific and we’re picking several tomatoes per day....
Jul 22, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables
Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 22 We arrived home from Italy to find an outbreak of weeds and beans. Crabgrass, purslane and carpetweed have not only appeared in the ten days we’ve been gone, but they’ve all grown to dinner plate size plants in that time....
Jul 20, 2012 | Garden Reports and Rejoicing, Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
for the job may not be a vine at all. Garden Reports and Rejoicing – July 20th “What vine do you have growing on your shed?” visitors ask. “That’s not a vine,” I reply, “it’s a blackberry.” We are growing the...
