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And it begins … my first garden update.
Now that some of the stuff inside has been completed, we are finally getting around to doing some work outside the house. While I like when things are finished inside, I am much more at home playing in the dirt! So, here is a little update of the things that we are doing to make … Continue reading
Landscaping with Herbs
Rodale’s Essential Herbal Handbooks: Landscaping With Herbs written by Nancy Ondra is an interesting little book. It will tell you nothing about the use of the herbs recommended for planting. It will tell you very little about the cultivation of various herb varieties. It offers a number of very specific landscape designs that gardeners can either … Continue reading
Reading about food production
Okay, while I was teaching, I may not have been able to post as regularly as I normally do, but that did not mean that I stopped reading! I read every day for at least 30 to 45 minutes, generally as I am going to sleep. It is my way to clear my mind and … Continue reading
Recent Reads
Well, I finally finished reading Heirloom Vegetable Gardening but while I was reading it, I also managed to finish a couple of other books! The Heirloom Vegetable Gardening tome is a great volume and I would like to have a copy of it on my gardening bookshelf for future reference. Now, on to the other … Continue reading
Photo Update: Mom’s 60th
Picking some okra from Papaw’s garden: From the picnic at the Geyser:
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
I have been reading a lot of gardening, farming, and cooking books lately. While this was one of the books that Jill originally requested from the library, I thoroughly enjoyed it! In many ways, it reminded me of reading Driving Over Lemons – which I read a couple of years ago on our trip to … Continue reading
The Landscaping Revolution
When I saw The Landscaping Revolution on the library shelf, I thought that it may be an interesting book. Reading the back cover, it seemed like a good book that would focus on how to landscape without resorting the large amounts of chemicals and maybe how to deal with some of the common landscaping issues … Continue reading
Gardening …
A couple of weekends ago, Jill and I did some gardening. We added mulch around the house and planted a handful of plants – 4 tomatoes, 3 squash, some herbs (including two types of basil, in pots below) and a bunch of flowers … including the sunflowers that we grew from seeds. Here are few … Continue reading
Why I want a garden …
Thinking about moving back home has made me think of the things that I want to be able to do and one of those things is to have a nice little garden to grow some fruit, vegetables, and maybe a handful of flowers. As I was thinking about my future garden, I have also been … Continue reading
Easter Weekend Gardening
Over the Easter weekend, we did a little gardening around our patio! It was in preparation for a summer of sunshine and to brighten up the patio (which had become very dreary-looking over the winter). It is full of flowers and herbs – not trying to grow any veg this year, but the blueberry plants … Continue reading
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