I really hope I was the one that helped, but there are so many great and helpful gardeners here, I may have just been one of the herd!
Tooty, you are so lucky to have such good memories of your mother--shared moments, shared laughs. I offer my sincere sympathy on your loss, and...
We have used French marigolds to repel nematodes. Now, we've never had a problem with nematodes in our root vegetables, so I can't say if it is...
I have no idea about bananas, but when our fruit trees get tiny apples or pears or almonds on them, we give them a half-dose of organic fertilizer...
Happy Birthday! Hope it brings you joy and gifts.
Wonderful amount of carrots! Do you freeze or can? We freeze our extras to use in stews or to mix with green veggies. We have a bigger plot than...
Darn! That wrinkle cream just doesn't work.
Yes, that's the one I cite every time someone wants a "Lady Bank's". If you have a huge and sturdy trellis, go for it!
Ahhh, I'm going to go wash my forks, just in case.
For some reason I remembered an ill-fated dinner we served to neighbors when we lived in town. I grilled very good, lightly seasoned steaks and...
Good one, Eileen! I think that is one of the cutest, most unusual photos we've had and your caption fit it perfectly!
Sjoerd, fence mending isn't all that difficult for us--the posts are cedar, and we use U shaped grips to attach the barbed wire to the fence. The...
If I ship you a crock, will you fill, ferment, and then ship it back to me? I dearly love sauerkraut, and homemade is sooooo much better than bought!
Hank, Reba, Dilemma, and baby brown (BB for short) are still grazing and gazing next door. I"ll try to get a photo of all three together and post...
The rancher to the north of us keeps a small herd of Black Angus. When he brings in the feeder calves, they don't know the boundaries yet and...
Thank you for the links, Toni. I'll get out my rusty, trusty knitting needles and see what I can do. I have a few friends who are garage...
According to our experiences with broccoli, this year is normal--having the main head, and then side shoots for quite a while. For us, the side...
Christie, we have deer, and see the evidence of them bedding down for the night in our pasture. We've only seen a deer once here--it ran from the...
Bless your heart, you've had a tough time of it! I do hope the healing progresses well, and that you can do "just a little bit" in your garden...
Raddang, when we were at the Dallas zoo we were standing in front of the gorilla enclosure, and a gorilla came up and put his hand on the glass. I...
