This, right here, is why you don’t allow an electrical and computer engineer to build your prototype cucumber trellis unsupervised: What I drew was simple — a pvc post with two Xs, one at top and one at bottom. I…
Tomato Planting Day
We are back home from our last minute vacation to Orlando celebrating Sydney’s completion of three semesters of college and Jared’s new job, and so it is time to bite the bullet and finally put my tomato plants in the…
Think better
If you said riots would happen no matter how yesterday’s verdict went, please take a minute today to think about why you are so distrusting of your fellow Americans and adjust that thinking. If you were certain Chauvin would get…
Tomato Flowers
Happy news!!! The tomatoes I grew from seed have started to grow their first little tiny flower trusses! look how beautiful they are: Look at how different the Bear Claw tomato flower looks! It reminds me of a little sunflower,…
First spring cleanup
I have not been motivated to do any spring cleaning up this year, and the weeds have taken advantage of my weakness. I’ve got dandelions so big that I could sell greens, no lie, and those are in the FRONT…
Asparagus on parade
Well, it’s that time of year again: the time when I wonder why I never considered that one day we would not have four people at home when I planted all that asparagus. I’m picking about a pound a day…
So, brother, you noticed there weren’t many women speaking at Conference. Here’s what you can do…
This is the main part of my response to a post in a private Facebook group, which after a post that noted problems with women’s representation at General Conference became too direct for the admins, was deleted: … Here’s what…
Deck Garden Refresh
My tomato growing buddy, Del, has a deck garden where he usually grows a ton of tomatoes, but tragically, last year he couldn’t get anything to grow. We decided it was probably because the potting mix in his grow bags…
Companion Planting: Leeks and Asparagus
I’m not the first person to observe that companion planting myths exist, but this is the first time I’ve made a personal observation that some aren’t true. This is a picture I took of my asparagus bed today, and as…
General Conference Abortion
Elder Anderson spoke on Life during LDS General Conference on Saturday, but his right turn into the topic of abortion caused some struggles in my little group chat of seven female members. I admit I, too, bristled. It took some…
Oh, peas
Don’t mind me. I may have shouted aloud and jumped up and down for joy when we discovered that these peas finally came up today. The weather has warmed up, and plants all over Stafford have exploded into bloom. I…
Daffodils!
It’s my favorite time of year — my daffodils are blooming! I just love these Marieke daffodils. They have doubled in three years, plus they are enormous and fragrant. Most daffodils don’t have a scent or are kind of smelly,…