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You are not alone in this feeling flowerbug. I suspect that many gardeners feel overwhelmed by what they need to do, vs. what they...

Bella has 5 puppies. She's surprisingly calm about my husband and I touching them as well. I believe she has 3 boys and 2 girls

And so it begins!! 🌱 The tomatoes are sprouting nicely and in good time. Most of these are all new to me, so I didn't know the age...

The plant looks pretty healthy to me too. But while we're on the subject, this article suggest that one of the first factors to...

Rain rain and more rain. The back pasture has turned into a pond. The clay soil is saturated by the roadside it’s a river. The gutters...

And Again

i have two pint jars of garlic pickle from 2013 (sure doesn't seem like it was that long ago when i made it), it's wonderful stuff but a...

We had overwintered kale overtheweekend and can expect more overtheweeks. An even dozen 2024 kale plants stayed thru the Winter. They...

Tomatoes in stuffed peppers on Saturday, and dehydrated tomatoes that rehydrated with yesterday's roast.

Went to harvest some of the last overwintered carrots, and found these two cuties-- they form a double helix, and almost appear to be...

Dear Friends, I am doing well, and so is my garden. Still a bit messy, but the basic cleanning is done. We have a very bright and mild...

surprise! i have a green and growing amaryllis bulb that has leaves about 7 inches long and now it decides to put up a flower stalk...

More rain in the forecast for the whole week. It's too wet to plant most things out, so my flats of seedlings are backing up all over...

I 💚 compost. Here we use three of the big black lidded plastic compost bins. I like that the bin tapers at the top and has no bottom...

Went to the Post Office to check my box last night. SeedsNow Purple Majesty potatoes were there! I posed them on a dinner plate after...