I’ve been doing a lot of weeding, it seems. Yet, there are still weeds everywhere! How does that happen? In addition to weeding, I’ve been doing a little planting. I put some more peas in the garden yesterday and I planted a bunch of carrots. I also planted some thyme …
Brian and I spent a good amount of time yesterday morning and afternoon mulching the pond area and around the trees. We were hoping to get away with two truckloads, but Brian had to run and get a third one in the afternoon. We also extended the mulch to the …
I spent the past few days prepping the garden and planting my spring crop. I planted cabbage, brussels sprouts, onions, spinach, radishes, and peas. The stuff that you can actually see growing is the garlic I planted last fall. That’s the nice thing about garlic–you always have some growing early …
I picked up some flowers at Cambria County’s annual plant sale last week and wanted to wait until the really cold weather passed before planting them, which translated into today. I split the flowers between the herb garden, butterfly garden, and pond area. Hopefully the coming weather won’t be too …
This morning, I went downstairs to check on the pepper plants and was pleasantly surprised to see that about half of them have sprouted (I fully expect the rest of them to sprout soon). I turned on the grow lights for them so now they’re all set. This evening, after …