Animals
- Happiness Is A Garden!
After two days of drenching rain, the clouds started to break apart yesterday afternoonand the equines headed out into the front pasture. The horses seem to have accepted the donkeys into their herd, but the donkeys are still a little insecure and stay...
- Gardening
Seeds for this summer's garden have started to arrive. This year I am trying some new vegetables.Parsnips... Red Dragon Carrots... Red Emperor Beans.... and Romanesco Cauliflower.... These are just a few of the varieties of veggies that will...
- In The Heat Of The Day
What a splendid week of beautiful weather we have had....sunny days, warm temperatures, balmy nights.The warm temperatures have given my garden boxes a jump start.The onions are up about 4 inches.The radishes and sugar snap peas are up.I have spent the...
- Garden Party
The really warm weather that we had last week may be gone for now, but signs of Spring still remain. This past weekend Hubbs and I finished moving oak bark mulch into the vegetable garden. (A big thanks to our adopted "son" Tim for moving...
- Garden Explosion!!
It seems like just yesterday, I was planting seeds in tiny pots in the greenhouse. Now, months later, cold weather is just a memory and the dog days of August are upon us, and those tiny seedlings are mature plants bursting with produce. Thirty tomato...
Animals
Garden Views
I am so happy I could just dance!
"Why?" you ask.
Because gardening in my raised boxes is such a joy....
and the boxes are growing like gangbusters!
This box is loaded with sugar peas and a couple of cabbages in the front.
The sugar peas are just beginning to ripen.
Green beans, of various ages....
Celery, carrots and a couple of sweet potato plants....
Pepper plants (with a couple of marigolds for insect control)....
Lots and lots of broccoli....
Onions and more cabbage.....
Culinary herbs.....
Ready to harvest...
These are just a few of the garden boxes.
There are still others, in which are planted...
tomatoes,
cucumbers,
squash,
beets,
lettuce,
spinach,
and watermelon.
Each and every box is relatively weed-free....
with a minimum of effort!
I am one happy gardener this year.
Future plans?
Why yes, I need to add one more large box
that is only half as high as the rest.
In this I plan to plant the "Three Sisters" next summer.
The Three Sisters are a Native Indian lesson in environmental
cooperation where corn is planted with beans and squash.
The squash shades the ground, preventing weeds.
The green beans replace the nutrients that the corn
removes from the soil.
And the corn provides a climbing support for the beans.
- Happiness Is A Garden!
After two days of drenching rain, the clouds started to break apart yesterday afternoonand the equines headed out into the front pasture. The horses seem to have accepted the donkeys into their herd, but the donkeys are still a little insecure and stay...
- Gardening
Seeds for this summer's garden have started to arrive. This year I am trying some new vegetables.Parsnips... Red Dragon Carrots... Red Emperor Beans.... and Romanesco Cauliflower.... These are just a few of the varieties of veggies that will...
- In The Heat Of The Day
What a splendid week of beautiful weather we have had....sunny days, warm temperatures, balmy nights.The warm temperatures have given my garden boxes a jump start.The onions are up about 4 inches.The radishes and sugar snap peas are up.I have spent the...
- Garden Party
The really warm weather that we had last week may be gone for now, but signs of Spring still remain. This past weekend Hubbs and I finished moving oak bark mulch into the vegetable garden. (A big thanks to our adopted "son" Tim for moving...
- Garden Explosion!!
It seems like just yesterday, I was planting seeds in tiny pots in the greenhouse. Now, months later, cold weather is just a memory and the dog days of August are upon us, and those tiny seedlings are mature plants bursting with produce. Thirty tomato...