Week 4 Summary: Progress – a result of time, effort and perseverance
WEEK 4: Summary Progress is progress, forward movement, small steps made towards reaching the ultimate goal. Week 4 is coming to a close and…
Week 4: Garden, more garden…and then some
WEEK 4 Boy did I overestimate the size of our newly cut garden! As my husband always says, “Go big or go home!” I’m not quite…
Week 3: Summary Of Things
WEEK 3: Summary As week 3 comes to a close I find myself simply being thankful for the gifts the good Lord has blessed…
Week 3: Establishing Gardens – Dirt, rock and old treasures
WEEK 3 We are tuckered out as WEEK 3 and planting season is just beginning. Thanks to my son and a handy skid steer rental the…
Week 2: About to turn the corner
The official start of week 2 is knocking on my door with more demo progress being made daily. The icing on the cake? The…
Week 1: We bought the farm…literally.
WEEK 1 As I sit here enjoying my morning up of coffee I can’t help but think of all the work yet to come. In my…
Making a Dream a Reality
My husband and I would repeatedly proclaim that”someday”we would eventually own a home with plenty of land to make our dreams a reality. He dreamed of…
2015 Raised Bed Garden Update
This year’s garden has had a turbulent beginning. We faced crazy rain, major fluctuations in temperatures and experienced a hard freeze just as seeds were popping…
On the Organic Bandwagon
Yes, it’s true, I’ve jumped on the organic bandwagon. I had always believed natural goodness was better for you than pesticide/herbicide/fungicide laden or genetically altered foods.…
Cucumber!!!
Cucumbers are another of my all-time favorite veggies of the summer. Over the past couple years I’ve had some issues growing these beauties but most of…
Green Beans, Bush Beans, Pole Beans, String Beans – I LOVE Beans!
Green beans, string beans, bush beans and pole beans…so many beans, so many ways to grow them, preserve them and eat them! I am a Green…
2014 Garden Summary
It has been an eventful summer, so much so, it has kept me from posting the blogs I have been so excited to write about! To…
Scale Insect – Sap Sucking Destroyer
Much to my dismay, what once was a beautiful ornamental is no more. Every spring I’d look forward to seeing the pink blossoms displayed by our…
Moisture & Mulch
As the temps start to heat up here in the north, it’s time to start thinking about retaining moisture and keeping weeds down. As 95% of…
Early Spring Low Tunnels
It’s great to get a good jump on your garden in early spring. One drawback of living so far north is getting those soil temps up…
