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High Country Gardens/Santa Fe Greenhouse! (Alright, so they don't grow, but they've got great ideas and really cool plants.) They were my absoulute heroes when I lived in SF. Matter of fact, I'm going to be in ABQ in March and am planning a special excursion to go spend money with them. :clap...

I'm guessing that this isn't in the Texas Panhandle, is it?

Thanks Wifezilla, now I'm homesick for the mountains, too! Don't dare show this to my DH. He grew up in Canon City and Florence. We spent the better part of 3 years trying to figure out how to move there and still eat. He's got relatives still there and I loooove the area, so, for now, it's...

So how did they taste? After last year's peppers, I don't believe the catalogs any more!

Today is actually pretty nice. Started at 15* and we're headed for 40*! The last 3 days have been a whole nuther story though. We didn't get any snow, just freezing fog. Thought you might enjoy a couple of my frost pics.

I am sooo jealous of you guys. I've requested 7 or 8 catalogs over the last month or so and the only one that has made it to my mailbox is Burpees. :hit Please tell me that the others will show up before I have to start planting. I know I can shop online, but, like the rest of you, I want...

Strawberries do great in pots, although I have to restart them each spring. But that's a small price to pay to actually have berries, I think. If I plant them out, it seems that the mice, rabbits or whatever, beat me to them just about every time.

The garden I put in at my house after Mom's garden expired did really well, except for the cucumbers that I think were too shaded. However, I've discovered that I'm definitely soil challenged! My New Year's resolution is to get the soil tested and actually (gasp) use the fertilizer I've got...

Merry Christmas y'all! :rose Just had to share my best present this year... 8 hours of garden slave/construction help from my nephews. They even said they'd bring the welder this summer. :weee Now I can build some of the neat stuff that I just don't have enough hands to do by myself. Gotta...

No tips, but the thought's crossed my mind too.

Ahh, the path of least resistance! :fl Will try the tarp. Truthfully, I like vinca too, but we unearthed waaayy to much of it when we started cleaning up the previous owner's left-behinds and this summer, while I was busy doing other stuff, it went absolutely berserk and attempted to take...

Ok, let me start by saying that I know that some people LIKE vinca and tend it lovingly. That said, does anyone know an effective method of killing it out once it has taken over? To date, I've used RoundUp (vinca laughs), my hands, a shovel, and some other herbicide that even kills bermuda...

Winning the lottery sounds good to me too. Then I could hire someone to do all the digging! My plans for spring... Have a plan for the veggie garden and add a lot of different stuff. I started way late this year (after the garden at my mom's expired dramatically) and was stuck with whatever...

Haven't tried the celery...yet! Sounds really yummy.

Thank you for the link to that blog, Hattie! Except now I'm going to have to go find a cauliflower. Nothing like food cravings, is there? Cauliflower cheese is something that is forever linked to my memories of the UK. The closest I'd come to having it before I lived there was the frozen...

Yep, we got snow from Ron's rainstorm! Sorry, no pics...I was too busy playing in it. :weee Quite a contrast from 72 and sunny on Sat. NOW I have enough moisture in the ground to go play with the tiller on the tractor and get some real work done. Can anyone say "garden expansion"? :D

Since I've got the only house big enough to hold everybody, the party's here! The menu is pretty standard this year. I got creative last year and was almost run out of town. :hu Turkey Stuffing Sweet Potato Casserole Green Bean Casserole Gravy Mashed Potatoes Cranberry Sauce Cranberry Chow...

Pat, I'm getting the feeling that you reallly don't like cottonwoods! Here in the SW, they are one of the only trees that will grow without interference from man...so we're kinda partial to them. Probably because there isn't much trouble (or water) for them to get into. My sister, who lives...

What Steve said! Sounds barbaric, but will return you to action pretty quickly.

Cottonwoods are one of my favorites. Unfortunately, most of the time, I'm too stingy with the hose for their tastes. They absolutely adore having wet feet! Yeah, the seed fluffs are annoying, but they can be pretty when you have a bunch of trees "snowing" on you at once. :rainbow-sun