I decided to start a gardening blog in order to keep better track of my gardening/landscaping efforts. I’ve been keeping a paper journal for a few years now, but find it hard to update with the information I need to keep track of (that is, I never get around to …
I started off the gardening season by taking an inventory of my seeds. I suspected that I had all that I needed, but wanted to double-check. I’ve been saving my seed packets from year to year and have been ordering seeds at the end of the season (whenever I plan …
So, I was reading this book on landscaping over the summer and I thought to myself, “hey, I think a fieldstone path in the back yard would be nice.” Thoughts like these get me in trouble… As I was mulling over how and where to get the stones, I found …
I noticed that things are finally winding down around here. So it officially must be the end of summer. Sure, I still have some things growing in the garden, but mostly I’m on clean-up duty these days. My cucumber plants finally died, thank goodness, but I still have a few …
My garden fared pretty well this year. As usual, some things did better than others. My two experiments–broccoli rabe and celery–did not pan out. Most of the celery went to seed (though I guess there’s still a chance I’ll get something from it) and the broccoli rabe was devoured by …