Recent content by leolady

Thank you so much for the welcome and the compliments! I love gardening very much. I am in Kansas in zone 5B. Some of my vegetable photos may be a little confusing because I posted some from last year, and some from this year. The rose photo was taken this week. Sorry for the confusion, I...

I am new here, but here is a couple of photos of my gardens. Vegetable garden beds [I have 5 of them]. Herb garden a couple of years ago. Rose garden and tiny lily pool.

I have loved her gardening methods since the 1970s and I always keep a permanent mulch on everything. I have read and re-read her books with avid fervor. My garden is now in its 3rd year and the soil is starting to become rich and worm laden. My vegetables are responding to this...

I need more gardening space too, but I am conflicted about whether to add another bed or to extend two of the beds I already have. And I am having trouble finding old railroad ties to extend the beds with. A friend of mine is supposed to have some, and I have not heard from him yet.

I just took a photo of my rose garden which shows the wild garlic I planted in the bed. On the right side of the sidewalk is the store bought garlic I planted last year.

I don't know about the heat in Texas, but here in Kansas where it is very hot and humid all summer, my lovage thrives. It is about 3 feet tall in my garden and I planted it three years ago. It is in an area where the ground stays pretty moist and is on the north shaded side of the house. I...

I have planted garlic at any time of year I wanted except winter, and always gotten good results. Maybe they have done so well for me is because I have always heavily mulched them. They did not always look like they were going to survive in the first year, [some of mine looked deader than...

I have been growing garlic for many years, in all the houses I have lived in. I prefer the flavor of wild garlic. It is more "garlicky" than store bought IMHO. I NEVER replant garlic but I always have it available. My garlic beds are permanent and I planted mine in the midst of my rose...