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Here come the strawberries
I haven't had ripe strawberries since before the painting was done so I'm happy to see these babies!Unfortunately I still have no cucumbers or zucchini, despite continuous beautiful blooms.
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Orange you glad I didn't say tomato?
I'm finally seeing some color on my first and biggest tomato! It's been so long on the vine that I'm wondering what it will actually taste like in the end... But I'm glad it's ripening.I think,I have...
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End of summer bounty
More tomatoes! I spent a little time trimming my tomato plant so my current tomatoes can get more light. The pears came from my blackberry picking excursion last night. I believe they were on county...
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Cleaning up for Fall
As the maples begin to turn, I went out on the patio to sort through my jungle on an 80+ degree day. Doesn't that sound silly? It's hot out and leaves are falling. The weather is confused. Not the...
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Endings and beginnings...
Ate my last strawb this morning. On the other hand my mum is going to be big and beautiful soon!
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Growing in the cold
Despite the temperature dropping and the clouds blocking the sun a we transition in to winter, my nasturtiums are growing. The nasturtiums I planted in late July/early August, mind you. I don't know...
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Naptime is Over
I've been out of the blogosphere for a while due to holidays, busy schedule, and moving... Yes moving! I am now a Polk County resident and finally settled. Here are some pics of my new back yard (as...
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Getting Aquainted
It is a bit fun to have the opportunity to "investigate" someone else's yard, and I don't mean by touring it. At the last house I lived in there wasn't much in the way of plants, but this house is...
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A little off topic...
... But I still had to share. (: I just updated my desktop background on my work computer to this beautiful arrangement from Saipua:And for some flowery music, I have set Pandora to my Luigi Boccherini...
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Happy spring!
I picked some tiny muscari to take to work today yet also wore my boots because of the rain. Go figure! Bush peas and nasturtiums are planted. (:
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Getting started
My computer is on the fritz so this post won't be very aesthitically pleasing as I am creating with my phone and it's photo heavy. Bear with me!Monday I spent most of the day out in the garden. I: -...
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Progress
Finally! The ranunculus is blooming! Beautiful colors... Thanks mom!As for the veggie department, the radishes are up, peas are getting bigger, strawberries are blooming,, and my raspberry is leafing...
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This just in:
Woke up this morning and found a whole 'flock' of goldfinches, male and female, in the yard! Sorry for the poor quality, I took the photos through the door.Well, in the time it took for me to write...
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Perspective
To give perspective to the garden, display my plan, and give more information, I've created this guide. This year I made a couple goals: a) companion plant to the best of my ability and b) plant at...
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Growing
Some good and some bad. Let's do the bad first...I finally had hot enough weather and enough seedlings to plant my watermelons. I was able to germinate 4 out of 6 pollinator seeds and 2 out of 6...
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Expanding
More tomatoes courtesy of my grandma! Thinking of replacing my watermelon plot with some peanuts. My mom brought me a packet of large peanut seeds with plaster. I had never really paid that much...
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Replacements
I planted five of my ten peanuts today in place of my pollinator watermelon seedlings. They should be fine between my bush peas and potatoes.Wish me luck!
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Summer's getting near
Everything's growing and some more are beginning to bloom, like the pumpkin. The peas have already begun producing and are getting plumper and I have a couple small green tomatoes. The blueberries and...
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Full Swing
Been a long time since we rocked and rolled and the blog! I've had what I would call a large cucumber infestation. They took out my peas then moved on to my beans. Ugh! I think I'm having a bad case of...
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