Happy Monday everyone! Better late than never, right?! Last week was pretty slow in the Garden Department with the exception of Wednesday evening when we decided to pull everything in the 4X6 raised bed (AKA the crazy tomato bed) to avoid losing it all to a freeze while we were out of town over the weekend. Pulling everything meant the…
If you read this blog, you probably know that I absolutely love seeds and you also know that I probably spend way too much money on seeds. Tool Lady is always shaking her head at me, telling me that we don’t need so many seeds! So, this year it’s been one of my goals to save as many seeds as…
Last weekend Tool Lady and I went star gazing with some friends on a huge piece of property (10, 000 acres, I think) that is a both a preserve and the site of a future sustainable community in the Galisteo Basin, about a twenty minute drive from town. At first I was excited about the idea of purchasing property…
So, the summer veggies are in swift decline, the weather man is teasing us with “chilly weather” ahead and my Fall To-Do List just keeps growing and growing. Clear the Beds – Tomatoes, carrots, beans, potatoes, corn, cucumbers, bell peppers and jalapenos all still need to come out of their beds. The problem is, a lot of it is still…
Happy Monday everyone! This week brought us the last of the acorn and butternut squash and blue corn, many more tomatoes and lemon cucumbers and the first of the fall kale. Oh, and I can’t forget the single, tiny jalapeno. I am trying to find my balance between my new school life and the rest of my life, so I’m…
So many tomatoes still on the vine!!! Yellows and greens and … …gorgeous reds! The ladies do love their Scratch! Lemon cuke, Brandywines and Pole Beans Love really is all around… This is the only one of it’s kind in our yard… …but the Morning Glories have officially taken over everything I’ve let them! Our potatoes are still very much…
