Recent content by nemigardener

My mother's neighbor has a very intricate fairy garden. So intricate and large in fact that I had to promise my husband that I would NOT put in a fairy garden. When my daughter goes to visit Nana, she takes her over to see it. They live in a small town just outside Ann Arbor.

We planned on putting in a garden about 6 years ago so my husband had some friends of our who had 10 horses at the time bring 2 spreader loads full over. My husband and the neighbor boy spent all afternoon tilling it in. Then the engine blew on his truck so we had to put energy into that. Next...

I planted my blueberries back in May and out of 6 plants, only 1 has shown any growth. The others aren't dying, just not growing. I did a soil test today and found that the soil wasn't acidic enough??!! :/ Explanation of my confusion: We live in a white pine forest!!! The soil is naturally very...

I've only ever done fresh pack before and I want to try brining this year. I have 8 plants (National Pickling heirlooms) and so far only four pickles on it, not enough for a fresh pack batch. Once pickles are in the brine, how long can they be kept in it before I have to process them? Also...