lemon cucumbers

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Last Seasons Clean Up

Last Seasons Clean Up

What happens when you put off cleaning up parts of the yard?  Yeah...you wind up being forced to do it before you get to put some new seeds in the ground.The over-sized bean trellis we created last year utilizing two of our beds and the top of our portal was beautiful and very productive. However, it's also incredibly difficult to…
May 8, 2013
Sunflowers & Cucumbers

Sunflowers & Cucumbers

I've read that planting sunflowers and cucumbers together can sweeten the flavor of the cukes while providing them a natural trellis to climb.  While I've never seen it done, I've decided to try it in the garden this year and am hopeful for gorgeous sunflowers and delicious cukes!Have you ever tried this?  Please share your stories!xoxo,MEnjoy this space?  Please vote…
May 6, 2013
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!Tool Lady taming the jungle. I escaped Homework Land just long enough to snap a couple of pictures :-)How do you know that your wife loves you?  When she chooses to spend the majority of her Saturday cleaning up the garden and bringing in what's left to harvest while you work on homework for 14 hours straight!  True story,…
October 15, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!Well, as I mentioned yesterday, the cold is toying with us!  We were forecasted to hit freezing temps last weekend, but alas, nothing happened.  I'm guessing this will be our last large harvest before bringing in all the green tomatoes in the next week or so and the potatoes that we're hoping have matured under cover, but I…
October 8, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday, everyone!I promise we harvested more than a couple of peppers, a melon and a few tomatoes!Happy Hot PeppersOur Mystery Melon!  Tomato Bounty:(top row) Italian Heirloom, Sweet Small Cherry, Bi-Color Cherry, Orange Flesh Purple Smudge, Cherokee Purple(bottom row) Yellow Taxi, Black From Tula, RomaUnfortunately, due to busy-ness, those are the only three photographs that were taken of this weeks…
October 1, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!According to the Farmer's Almanac, we are in for a cold, wet winter!  I'll take the snow, but am hopeful the cold part is a normal cold and not a frigid one! We are planning two hoop houses in the backyard this year in which to over winter a few crops.  In addition to plastic sheeting and water bottles…
September 24, 2012