Today was warm enough to let the chicklets try out their playpen in the back yard. At first they were a little apprehensive: [img] ( photo /...
I'm going to print out your photo and wave it around my tomato patch--ours have been in-ground only a couple of weeks, but perhaps your gorgeous...
Donna, it's time to make another run to the wine store :'( . Whatever happened to customer service? Or minimal competence? I sympathize a lot....
Ronni, what great luck! That is a vermin-catching, cricket-killing Milk Snake. They are completely non-venomous, although like anything else with...
Calcium helps prevent blossom end rot, so I put a crushed egg shell into each hole when I plant tomatoes. I'm afraid that planting a whole egg...
Wow! I can surely see why that is a favorite. Gorgeous color!
Okay Cheryl, hint taken--it's kind of hard to find a day that isn't too windy for photos, but I'll do my best! Happy you like the view.
Cheryl, when we lived in town a bride-to-be wanted to have her pictures taken in our garden. She posed, not in front of the roses, not in the...
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This is the flower bed we see out our back door: [img] From our back door ( photo / image / picture from marlingardener's Garden ) This spring...
Oh, you are going to love it here! We have so many experienced gardeners, and new gardeners with new ideas and methods, and encouragement from...
Ronni, after fighting the rubber edging for a couple of years, we went to trenches around flower beds. We dug a trench about 6" deep and 6" wide...
Donna, you now have pets that will lay eggs! Be sure to keep handling them so they won't be skittish when they are older and you need to check...
Growingpains, we are trying Kennebec for the first time this year--a row and a half. We put in Red LaSodas, lots of them! Last year wasn't the...
Ronni, the mix for improving your soil is a good one. Composted cow manure won't/can't burn plants so it is the perfect fertilizer for new...
Mart, I plant Straight 8s, which are good for both slicing and pickling. Our heat and drought from late June until the fall rains and cooling...
Very "wise" caption, Roy! Congratulations!
Tooty, that is hilarious! Our local paper had an ad this week for "cemetery plot, unused." Well, I'd hope so!
Jerry, Salad Burnet has an almost clover leaf shape leaf on a stem, with leaves opposite. It has a cucumber taste, which really is very nice for...
Frogdoc, I'm so happy you found a source for potatoes! We grow LaSodas (red) each year, and can hardly wait to get our mouths around those little...
