Jul 31, 2011 | my gardens, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 31 We dug our first potato crop for 2011 this afternoon. Because the red potatoes always mature most quickly, we pulled the first plant in the row and were rewarded by finding many tubers, small and large. I sliced the...
Jul 29, 2011 | my gardens, plants I love, Reasons To Grow Your Own Vegetables, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 29 Got zucchini? If your plants are producing, I have three words of advice: Pick them small. Be it green or yellow, summer squash can transform from tiny to baseball bat sized overnight. One day you’re looking at the...
Jul 27, 2011 | my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 27 I’ve never met someone who hated Queen Anne’s lace. I’m sure that they are out there, but most people I run into love this flower. Visitors to my garden see the Ammi majus and say, “I just love Queen Anne’s lace.”...
Jul 25, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 25 Everything is connected to everything else. This was a frequent theme of my “Report From Poison Ivy Acres” posts, and was in my mind again today. If you want proof that all is linked, go into the garden. If you want...
Jul 22, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 22 I went out to the garden yesterday morning intending to take a quick look before leaving for work. The next thing I knew my cup was abandoned and I had a fist full of weeds in my right hand and a bunch of cleome...
Jul 20, 2011 | Life's Gardens, my gardens, plants I love, Report From An Opinionated Gardener
Report From An Opinionated Gardener – July 20 Four years ago, when I knew I was moving from my garden of 16 years, I dug most daylilies that were on the property and potted them before we put our house on the market. I labeled them with numbers so that I could...
