Give Your Flowers a Boost
I L-O-V-E having cut flowers in the house.In the spring I’ve always got daffodils, tulips and lilacs in the house.If I don’t pick them, the ducks will eat them!So I pick them. But it doesn’t always...
View ArticleRhubarb Muffin Failure and some Rhubarb Tips
I’ve got tons of rhubarb around my house.I dug up and divided 4 plants and the 3 remaining ones are still providing enough for a small country. I love cooking with rhubarb. It’s very tart and has a...
View ArticleGive your Tomatoes a Strong Start
It seems like everywhere I go I see tomato plants. I told my self I wouldn’t be growing tomatoes this year, we don’t have the garden space (yet) and there are several places around here with U-Pick...
View ArticleFrugal Gardening Tips: Go Big!
Welcome to Part one of my Frugal Gardening series! When we moved in there was one sad, sad garden in the front of the house. Of course I immediately decided that I needed to turn my entire property...
View ArticleWW: Around the Garden
It’s been a busy week so far (but when isn’t it?) so here are some old garden updates I never got around to posting The two mullberry trees (here when we moved in!) are covered in little spiky baby...
View ArticleSpeed up your Transplanting!
This weekend marks the real start of garden season here in Central New York. I’ve had tomatoes out on the deck for almost a month (where I could bring them into the house when the temperature tanked)...
View ArticlePumpkins-Pumpkins-Pumpkins!
I’m going to tell you something you already know. I have a problem with ‘control’ when it comes to buying seeds. Actually, I don’t think it’s a problem. But some people do. You know what? That’s their...
View ArticleRetired Rainboot Planter
Another garden project! This was originally a guest post over on White Lights on Wednesday but I thought I’d share it over here too. See that tiny plant in the pot? That horseradish is now 1.5 feet...
View ArticleA Fruity Update
Despite my dogs best efforts my fig tree has begun to flourish! I planted it back in March and shared my adventures in Fig Planting. It’ planted in the rhubarb bed that I tried my best to disperse (but...
View ArticleKeep Your Raspberries Under Control
Technically this isn’t the time for pruning raspberries (major pruning is best done late winter/early spring). But if you find your self in an over grown patch of berries I’d like to give you some...
View ArticleMulberry Trees
When we moved in we were lucky enough to get a giant rhubarb patch, 5-ish grape vines and two mulberry trees. I was really excited about the first two, not so much with the mulberries. All I could...
View ArticleRhubarb Muffin Failure and some Rhubarb Tips
I’ve got tons of rhubarb around my house. I dug up and divided 4 plants and the 3 remaining ones are still providing enough for a small country. I love cooking with rhubarb. It’s very tart and has a...
View ArticleGive your Tomatoes a Strong Start
It seems like everywhere I go I see tomato plants. I told my self I wouldn’t be growing tomatoes this year, we don’t have the garden space (yet) and there are several places around here with U-Pick...
View ArticleFrugal Gardening Tips: Go Big!
Welcome to Part one of my Frugal Gardening series! When we moved in there was one sad, sad garden in the front of the house. Of course I immediately decided that I needed to turn my entire property...
View ArticleWW: Around the Garden
It’s been a busy week so far (but when isn’t it?) so here are some old garden updates I never got around to posting The two mullberry trees (here when we moved in!) are covered in little spiky baby...
View ArticleSpeed up your Transplanting!
This weekend marks the real start of garden season here in Central New York. I’ve had tomatoes out on the deck for almost a month (where I could bring them into the house when the temperature tanked)...
View ArticlePumpkins-Pumpkins-Pumpkins!
I’m going to tell you something you already know. I have a problem with ‘control’ when it comes to buying seeds. Actually, I don’t think it’s a problem. But some people do. You know what? That’s their...
View ArticleRetired Rainboot Planter
Another garden project! This was originally a guest post over on White Lights on Wednesday but I thought I’d share it over here too. See that tiny plant in the pot? That horseradish is now 1.5 feet...
View ArticleA Fruity Update
Despite my dogs best efforts my fig tree has begun to flourish! I planted it back in March and shared my adventures in Fig Planting. It’ planted in the rhubarb bed that I tried my best to disperse (but...
View ArticleKeep Your Raspberries Under Control
Technically this isn’t the time for pruning raspberries (major pruning is best done late winter/early spring). But if you find your self in an over grown patch of berries I’d like to give you some...
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