Sean, welcome to the wonderful world of gardening! We all have set-backs in weather, with insects, and sometimes just plain stubborn seeds! But we...
Yesterday we had almost 4" of rain, and this morning we had 3/8" and it is still drizzling. Later I'll get out my paddle board and go look at the...
I loved HomeEc in school. Not the sewing part, but the cooking part. When I got to college, a roommate of mine was Italian, and would use the...
With the overcast, darkening skies, I nipped out and picked squash early this morning. Good thing I did, since we have had a downpour, thunder,...
Tonight is garlic grilled shrimp, a mixture of new red potatoes, green beans, and yellow squash (we like to keep dinner colorful!) and a chilled...
Sjoerd, here are the piccies you requested of the trellised cucumbers. The trellis is an old iron barrier that was over the patio door when we...
Cayuga, I beg to differ. You have just the right amount of plants. You share photos of your lovely flowers with all of us on the Stew; you give...
Overcast and threatening rain this morning, so I nipped out to the gardens and picked squash, sugar peas, and lettuce. It seems the lettuce is...
Cayuga, Eileen's spray works really well. It needs to be re-applied after a rain. Make sure you use liquid soap, not detergent. This spray works...
Sjoerd, I picked three quarts of beans, which filled my basket. I didn't take pictures because my husband, the photographer, was taking advantage...
It finally stopped raining, and the green bean plants dried off enough for me to pick beans. I picked a three quart basket of green beans! I knew...
Mart, we had hummingbirds on the Salvia Greggii today, and on the feeders, too. We also get butterflies on the syrup feeders. Occasionally a...
1.Behind every great man is the kitchen drawer I need to get into. Why are you even in the kitchen? 2. If I'm being kind enough to pour you more...
You have David Austin roses! All your flowers are lovely, and the colors all go so well together. Thank you for sharing:heart:.
Mart, in previous seasons I let our cucumbers sprawl, but this year they were going to climb the cherry tomato plants and the bell pepper...
Well done, Odif! The humorous/inventive captions here are amazing.
I trellis my tomatoes on cattle panel and it works so well. We are the only folks around here with several cattle panels and no cattle!
Whoohoo! I spent a happy hour in the garden tying up tomatoes and cucumbers to their trellises (thank you Odif and Sojerd for the good advice!)....
Odif, I will use your advice to good advantage next season. However, the vines are long and getting heavy, so I'm not sure they will be supported...
My husband and I put up a trellis for the cucumbers since they were threatening to swamp the cherry tomato and bell peppers. Next year they get a...
