It’s August and nearly time for my husband to go back to school (he’s an elementary teacher) and yet we probably have 2-3 more months of summer like weather. I lived in South Dakota for five years for college (3 yrs for undergrad + 2 postgrad) and the seasons are more defined there than they […]
How Good Does Your Garden Grow?
I last posted in June about the progress of our vegetable garden, and this is how it looks about a month later. My little kitty, Snowball, always comes down to the garden with me, as do the dogs, if I let them. The border collies are so afraid of getting yelled out for walking on […]
Getting Our Veggies in for the Summer!
So, it’s been over a week (almost two) now that I finally got around to planting my vegetable garden. At least I got it in when the temps were cool and it wasn’t blazin’ hot, like it is at the moment. I don’t have my irrigation all set up yet, so I’ve been watering it […]
Planting Seed Starts & Refinishing a Bench
Spring has arrived! I have been very busy this last week with gardening, weed abatement and getting ready for the cows to return the pastures at our place. As much as I love spring, green grass, and flowers – I abhor my allergy affliction and all of the weeding….. sometimes I wish everything was covered […]
Our Family Garden
Well, it has been a while since I posted anything about our garden. We have been very busy with it since we returned from our vacation to NY in June. Got a bit of a late start due to the fact that I had to wait for my dad to plow it…..but everything is up […]
The Beginnings of our Garden Venture
Last weekend I finally got our seeds started. It’s still been cold here, especially at night, and far too early to plant any of these plants in the ground. Most people I know buy vegetable plants and don’t start seeds, but we wanted some more unique and gourmet varieties of vegetables and hopefully we’ll get […]
