Finally, Planting Season is Beginning

Finally, I can stop thinking about last year's garden and start thinking about this year's. I've ordered all my seeds, (maybe) and printed out my growing resources from Botanical Interests. I've used these garden resources for years to organize my plantings, both for indoor and outdoor sowing. I thought they didn't have them this year, … Continue reading Finally, Planting Season is Beginning

2018 Garden Recap: Vegetables (Part 2)

Now that we've mostly recovered from a record breaking, bone-chilling winter, it looks like spring may finally be coming. I thought it was time to get back to one final review of last year's gardens before the spring growing season is fully upon me. I checked in on the flowers, 2018 Garden Recap: Flowers and started reviewing … Continue reading 2018 Garden Recap: Vegetables (Part 2)

Burpee Home Garden 2019 Gardeners of the Month-I’m July!

Yep, that's me! Last fall on Instagram, Burpee Home Gardens asked gardeners to enter themselves or a friend to be one of BHG's 2019 Gardeners of the Month. I shamelessly submitted my name with the following description: "I would love to be one of your featured gardeners. I may not have the most perfect garden, … Continue reading Burpee Home Garden 2019 Gardeners of the Month-I’m July!

2018 Garden Recap: Vegetables (Part 1) (aka Attack of the Squash Vine Borer)

In my last post, I wrote about how my flower gardens fared this year. Next up is the vegetable gardens. In a word, this year the vegetables gardens were a disaster. Not for any one reason, just a lot off bad things conspired to really take a toll and make it one of the worst … Continue reading 2018 Garden Recap: Vegetables (Part 1) (aka Attack of the Squash Vine Borer)

Spring Into Summer

You may have noticed I took another little break from blogging.  Nothing exciting going on, just got busy with some other projects. But, my garden is in full growing mode after a tough winter and spring. Winter was long, cold and at our place in Door Co, WI, very snowy.  Spring came slow and seemed … Continue reading Spring Into Summer

Leeks!

One of my favorite flavors to cook with is leeks. They have a unique and interesting mild onion taste and are part of the allium family that also includes onions, garlic, shallots, scallions and chives. Last year, I found I had wild leeks (ramps) on our WI property and have really enjoyed finding, harvesting and cooking with them (see Spring Leeks (aka … Continue reading Leeks!

Happy New Year 2018!

Happy New Year! I hope this post finds you healthy and happy. I've been on a bit of a hiatus with my writing, but hopefully the new year will get me back on track. While I was still attentive to my garden all fall, I do most of my writing in the evenings and I got … Continue reading Happy New Year 2018!

So Much Planting to Do!

When I looked at the pile of fall bulbs and garlic waiting to be planted, I had to wonder what I was thinking when I ordered it all. This year I decided to plant a little more garlic, mostly because I wanted to try a couple of new varieties.  I've been planting garlic the last few years … Continue reading So Much Planting to Do!

July Vegetables

My spring vegetables really took a beating from the rabbits and the weather. Even though I had shored up the rabbit fence around the yard, all it took was a couple of holes and I had a nice happy family of rabbits devouring almost everything I planted. Radishes, swiss chard, spinach, lettuce, kale, beets and … Continue reading July Vegetables