Recent content by Suess

We keep ours on the sun porch. I know, it is weird. But we don't use that section of the 15x 30 ft room. Ours has a suction seal on it (you can hear it push out air and then it is hard to open for about 30 minutes after), this has really help with the electricity bill and ability to keep all...

These were the only things in my garden. my onion sets and garlic. Was told to plant them in the fall for spring crop.

I have been told to use the black plastic stuff to keep my weeds out, I was told it would cut back on my weeding. But I have never done it, and there is something therapeutic to weeding after a poopy day at work, or just needing a reason to get outside for a while.

OKay, I went and randomly bought plants. I was at Target...I know Target? But everything I have ever bought from them has done amazing!!!! So I let my two year old point out what she liked. Going into the front yard today will be: Poppies, African Daisies, a Begonia (I don't know...it was...

I guess I will continue to wait.:hu

Altadena (it is that town above Pasadena). I'm a Zone 9 er. I have been working on stuff, like tilling, and spreading compost in the areas I plan to put nitrogen depleting plants (corn namely). I am putting the walkway in the berry patch, but that isn't as much fun as planting. Thanks for the...

I feel like Verruca Salt. I want it now! I want to go out and plant things now so I can start watching them grow. We have had some good days in the high sixties...tomorrow we are suppose to see 70's. But nights are still chilly! And who knows what will come next week. We had snow 1000 ft...

I have an old loquat tree. My daughter loves them! They are prolific. And our tree has a long season compared to some of the "wild" ones I see in some of the "natural" parks in LA.

I am putting in my walkway today. I started this morning leveling out my ground sunk down about 2-3 inches. I have a start, but a 2 year old isn't much help in the process. Waiting for hubby to get home so I can get back out there. After I have the walk way in, hardware wire in the ground...

I have to tell someone who will be as excited as me. I ordered berry plants from gurney's. And I have created the area for them to grow in. I will be finishing up my fence around it this week :fl I am creating a whole other area of the yard. Fence to keep dogs out of it. And separate from...

OMG. There is so much I need to do. I need to build some sort of fencing around my areas within the garden as the chickens have discovered a taste for....everything that grows. I am going to put netting up a fence and try to grow my melons up the fence this year (I saw it done at a fashion...

I love my crepe myrtle from afar. When standing under it...I get spit on. I wouldn't mind one near the chickens for some nice color...maybe I will have them come front one afternoon, then send them back to poop.

winter squashes...butternut, acorn... I also put in a few onions to see what I might get before it gets chilly chilly. I did a late batch of corn because it was still pretty warm, but now we seem to have one cool week one warm.

If I wore something "nice" in the garden it wouldn't be nice anymore. If I know I am heading out there when I get dressed in the morning I put on a pair of cut off jeans (cut at the knees--I'm not 21 anymore) and this time of year it is a tank top that has seen better days. I have been known...

I currently put hardware wire over them, just arched it and stuck the ends barely in the ground. They learned if they walk on it they can reach through. But maybe I can do the PVC idea and just cage all around. I would fence it off, but I have two different spots, but that might be easier...