The garden is starting produce, the lettuce and arugula is really coming in and seeing fruits starting to grown on the tomatoes, zucchini and even a few peppers. Also, I'm getting more herbs than I can use, freezing some and giving away even more. I was able to pick ...
The backyard is getting close to full, so will soon be switching from plantings to maintaining, but a few more things went into the ground this weekend. I'm really interested in making some pickles this year.
Last year my cucumbers didn't do so well and only got a ...
My favorite local nursery has a spring special buy 3 get 1 free, which also means by 9 get 3 free :-) The end result the following items were purchased and planted:
Unfortunately it ...
A trip to the hardware store ended with a surprisingly small purchase and planting, only picked up some Lemon Cucumbers and Thyme. Also, some lilies for the side yard.
I don't think the flower seeds spread out last week did well, so I rowed out an area for Angelica ...
With the assistance of my garden helper, we planted two magical grazini zucchini seeds, plus some saved honeydew melon seeds and butterfly flower seeds, though I suspect the flower seeds got more spread out and a little less in the ground.
My little helper
Angelica WateringAs I showed last year, see Impatient Planting, I get eager to plant early in the year. Most everything turned out well last year and the problems tended to be planting things too close. Plus I think our weather is even nicer now, so crossing fingers its not too early ...
I picked up some parsley and zucchini while shopping at Whole Foods today. The weather has been really warm the last couple of days, glad to start seeing seedlings coming in. Probably a little early to start, but zucchini tends to be a bit hardier to the cold, mine did ...
I cut down the fava beans in one planter box and turned them over with the dirt. They had grown to about 2.5 feet tall and only a couple of beans started to grow, but I planted them as a cover crop and provide nutrients back, not necessarily to ...
Transferred avocado plant to new pot. Started from a pit about six months ago, currently measuring 25" tall.
Avocado TreeRemoved plants from back fence, lots of old mint and plants next to the purple daisies. The goal is to grow this back area to flowers for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to help pollinate the veggies.
Planted the following:
Here is my chronicle of attempting to grow a pumpkin indoors, the story first starts outside. My plan was to grow three different types of pumpkins in a small patch of my backyard, so I planted a half-dozen pumpkin seeds hoping half would start.
After about a week, no seedlings ...
Here's my collection of information about the beloved chili peppers, including tips on growing them and a bit about several popular varieties.
A set of tips I've collected to help maintain a healthier garden...
Attract beneficial insects such as wasps or lady bugs to eat the pests - plant Dill, Chamomille, Cilantro, Carrots or Fennel. Note, you will have to leave the cilantro and carrots to ...
We've had a set of warm days the past couple of weeks and the garden is growing quite nicely. The first fruits are starting to show themselves, with strawberry and some peppers.
In the past couple weeks I've also planted two additional pepper plants, a heirloom Fresno chiles ...
Licorice PlantThis weekend I was able to plant my second planter. It took a bit of time to get to, I first had to remove a massive licorice plant which almost defeated me but after many hours of fighting, a bit of blood, lots of sweat and I held ...
Flowers are springing up all over the yard, I'm not sure what all of them are, only the purple and white are wisteria but here are some photos.
I built my raised garden bed yesterday and being a bit impatient I planted a bunch of vegetables today. I know it is only March 18 and way too soon to be planting anything especially tomatoes, I planted four tomato plants. I'm risking frost, too much rain, not enough ...
For my garden this year, I'm building a couple of raised garden bed. The beds are pretty simple construction, a couple of boards on each side nailed to 4"x4" posts in each corner.
Garden PredatorMy plan was to build the beds two feet tall to hopefully avoid ...