Have I mentioned in this space over the last eight years how downright hard it is to grow vegetables in the ground? I know that may sound crazy, but just hear me out… While humans have been been growing food directly in the ground since the beginning of time (or…
After all the hoping and planning and sowing, I finally have my herb garden!!! Yes, I am very excited 🙂 We decided that we realistically don’t have the space for a proper spiral herb garden now that we have all of raised beds in the backyard (although I would still…
Well, since we’ve been raised bed makin’ fools around here and I thought I might share with you all how to make a raised bed, too 🙂 It’s a fairly simple process, but it always takes us longer than we remember it’s going to! First, determine the space your new…
Well, as we figure out what’s going in all our new beds there has been one thing that has been a requirement…Asparagus. Tool Lady absolutely loves asparagus! A couple of years ago, before we knew anything about anything about growing veggies in the garden, we threw a couple of crowns…
Yes, that is what is contained in our new raised beds in the backyard 🙂 It took two days of nearly back-breaking bed building and soil shuffling, but we are officially in business and I am now trying to figure out what all should go in those beds!!! We have…
Happy Monday, everyone! There seems to be lots happening in the yard suddenly! The peas are peeking, the rhubarb is huge (well, huge to me…it’s never gotten this big this fast before), the fruit trees have all blossomed out and are beginning to get some leaves, our raised beds/hoop houses…
Stay tuned…
Yesterday morning I got out and played in the garden for a bit. I’ve been wanting to plant some fava beans (broad beans) and some snap peas but keep getting distracted by work and school and wind and the bees and…well…a million other things. Of course, the yard is a…