Curses! A groundhog has eaten 5 tomatoes in just 36 hours: 2 Romas and 3 Brandywines. It’s time for drastic…
Author: Jenny Smith
I'm Jenny Smith. I blog about life on the 300+ acres of rolling farmland in Northern Virginia where I live. I like tomatoes, all things Star Trek, watercolor, and reading. I spend most days in the garden fighting deer and groundhogs while trying to find my life's meaning. I'm trying to be like Jesus -- emphasis on the trying.
This day five years ago
Five years ago I grew my own tomatoes from seeds and grew a couple of unusual heirlooms that I got…
I hope I never get so old….
I hope I never get so old that nightgowns seem like a good idea.
Thinning
The thing I hate most about gardening is thinning. I always want to keep all the plants alive — if…
A big harvest!
I admit I’ve been avoiding the garden a little bit out of guilt for burning the plants last week. I’ve…
Youth Conference Pains
I received a text from my Young Women President roomie today: I so remember this. For our last youth conference…
Wednesday Update – Self-inflicted Wounds
I’m posting this a day late, but I took most all these pictures yesterday: I did my spraying (no Miracle-Gro…
On Book of Mormon Geography
I spent quite some time this summer looking at problems with the Book of Mormon. There are certainly some that…
KolbyTroll
There’s a know-it-all troll on Dan Petersen’s FB page who likes to try and stir up controversy. If I thought…
Curses! A video of my bean trellis and some deer damage
We had some mishaps in the garden this week. A storm kicked up and knocked over one of the tomatillos…