A couple of weeks ago, my kids and I were doing our daily inspection of our tomato plants. We were picking off the usual side-shoots or sucker plants when this HUGE disgusting worm-like creature appeared. I had my brave children pick them off. (Mommy still has yet to touch them…she is a chicken!) This Princess […]
Spring Garden Growth: Week 3
The garden is growing and looking great! So are the weeds! I detest weeds! But, they are there and the guy who mows my grass decided to take a vacation. So don’t look at the grass or the weeds. That is a direct order! Are you good at taking direct orders? Me either! So, LOOK […]
Garden Update: We have Growth!
Our Bean Tepees are coming along nicely! I can’t remember if I should thin the beans or not. I detest throwing away a perfectly good plant – I know it will choke the other one if it is not pruned – I just don’t like doing it. The Sunflower Garden I can hardly wait for […]
Square Foot Gardening
Well, we are trying Square Foot Gardening. Have you heard of it? It is different from regular gardening. I’m not even going to try to explain it. There are tons of websites that can give you good counsel. So, far this is what we have… Tomatoes are planted in every square foot. The boxes are […]
How to build a Bean Tepee
How to build a Bean Tepee! We have been busy gardening! Every week we try a new project for the kids (and adults). This week was Bean Teepees. Tepees also Tipis and Teepees. Yep, all three spellings are correct. Weird. Since we are working with two other families, we made three teepees. We found Bamboo […]
