My rudbeckia has been looking pretty sad. It’s at the end of the soaker hose, so it probably gets the least water of anything in that bed. Wanting to make sure it got some water, I turned on the hose last night and planned to give the whole garden a good soak.
I woke up this [...]
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I think the garden’s watered
Posted in Gardening on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Dance!
Posted in Gardening on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yay! My broccoli is actually looking like broccoli! And since one of them’s getting to be a good sized head, I’ll have some nice fresh broccoli in the next couple days. And we have a magnolia blossom on the magnolia tree that hasn’t blossomed in years! And I have lots and lots of baby squash [...]
Why did I plant two?
Posted in Gardening on June 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have my first zucchini. I haven’t harvested it yet because it’s only the size of a finger, but it appeared overnight. And with more water, I’m sure more zucchini will appear. But now I’m realizing how fast they grow and how few ways I know how to prepare them that I like. And I’m [...]
Wait, That’s Not Right
Posted in Gardening, Roses on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All the heat, sun and rain of the past few weeks has made everything in my garden go into overdrive. And a lot of my flowers are in bloom and looking pretty – actually it seems like everything is in bloom. I’m especially liking the coreopsis and salvia, and I’m looking forward to some of [...]
The Things My Ancestors Did
Posted in Gardening on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Actually, I’ll blame most of this on one particular ancestor, my great-grandmother Juliet. She apparently liked her schemes, including planting mulberries so she could try to grow silkworms (didn’t work). One of the more common summer activities around here is seeing how many times we have to kill a mulberry before it stays dead (a [...]
Same old, same old
Posted in Gardening on May 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Still not a lot going on, other than weeds, which I really need to go and dig out.
A couple more things are showing buds, but I have to admit that it’s looking pretty sparse out there. I’m trying to have faith that the plants will fill in and that it will eventually look prettier, [...]
About that garden…
Posted in Gardening on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I didn’t forget. Well, not completely. There just hasn’t been much to report in the garden other than flooding. We’ve got grass turning yellow from too much rain and I have plants that are turning black because of cold and rain. I think. I don’t know. Nothing’s dying (yet), so I just have to wait [...]
Shopping List Update
Posted in Gardening on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I went shopping again this past weekend. *gasp* What a surprise! And I did some damage to my shopping list and I even remembered to get some things I’d left off the list. Most importantly, I decided that there were some things on my list that I just didn’t really need or have a place [...]
*tap, tap, tap*
Posted in Gardening on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, this Sunday is the “official” frost-free date for where I live. Of course, I’ve already jumped the gun by planting all my containers… but I haven’t planted any of the beds yet. But I think I’m going to today. Especially since I’ve been watching the weather forecast and we’re not expected to drop any [...]
Shopping list
Posted in Gardening on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, it’s my third post of the night. I’ve got more than a week to make up for. But as the title suggests, here’s my shopping list:
2 zucchinis – I have the seeds to start my own, but I should have started them a couple weeks ago. And anyway, I only want two.
Spiderplant – I [...]
