This Lil’ guy was black head to toe with dirt. He loved digging in the sandbox on wheels. Saturday, we spent our entire day getting our dirt on – literally. A person can’t possibly garden without dirt – good dirt. I guess some would say “soil.” I like the word “dirt.” I can say it […]
Garden Beds from an Old Fence plus a walk through our Orchard in early Spring
There is NOTHING better than the smell of our Texas Mountain Laurel in bloom. Well, maybe a pool of milk chocolate. Texas Mountain Laurel smell like grape kool-aid and it fills the air. Wonderfully good! When these start to bloom the temperature no longer gets chilly where we live. Today my car temp was around […]
Our HomeMade Upside Down Tomato Planter
Spring is here in Texas! We are in Garden-Mode! (I can’t wait to show you what we are doing-tons of projects!) Have you seen those Topsy-Turvy, the upside down tomato planters? Well, we made one. The only thing that would have made it cheaper is if we had grown the tomato plant from a seed. […]
Every-time I think I know something – I realize there is so much more to learn.
Gardening for beginners: Everytime I think I know something, I don’t. Sunflower Field I’m planning a Spring garden…not as big as the ones we had growing up but hopefully, less weeds. Planning it makes me think of all kinds of scriptures… from: Jesus cursing the tree when it didn’t produce good fruit (Matthew 21:18-20) to […]
