I got a job a few weeks ago with a graphic design firm in Fredericksburg, which was exciting, but less…
Tag: garden
Second picking of tomatoes
I’ve made my second picking of tomatoes of the year! It’s crazy to have tomatoes this early, but this is…
Roses and more
Can you smell that? It’s the lovely scent of my New Dawn Rose on the wonky trellis, now in full,…
Beautiful peas
It is chilly here on our sunny hill this morning, but there isn’t any rain in the forecast, so I…
This is not extra…
Putting fairy lights on your cattle panel bean trellis is not extra. At all.
How not to build a cucumber trellis
This, right here, is why you don’t allow an electrical and computer engineer to build your prototype cucumber trellis unsupervised:…
Tomato Planting Day
We are back home from our last minute vacation to Orlando celebrating Sydney’s completion of three semesters of college and…
Tomato Flowers
Happy news!!! The tomatoes I grew from seed have started to grow their first little tiny flower trusses! look how…
First spring cleanup
I have not been motivated to do any spring cleaning up this year, and the weeds have taken advantage of…
Asparagus on parade
Well, it’s that time of year again: the time when I wonder why I never considered that one day we…
Deck Garden Refresh
My tomato growing buddy, Del, has a deck garden where he usually grows a ton of tomatoes, but tragically, last…
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…