Back in 2008, in my very first garden blog post, I said that I hated weeding. And that was true for a lot of years. Weeding is not easy on the body, for all the tools available, it requires hard work on the part of your back, shoulders, elbows, hands, knees…. usually all of the above. It’s also often tedious,…
Our pumpkins are done growing, the one I photographed weeks ago has barely grown, so I went ahead and picked it, as it was the largest. Perhaps because of the chaos going on with getting ready to move, the garden has been mostly neglected (thankfully there’s not much to neglect)…if I could have tended to it more, I think I…
[image links are broken after several hosting moves, hoping to find backups somewhere] I planted 2 kids of pumpkins, both Burpee, one is a “Prizewinner Hybrid” and the other 2 plants are supposed to be “Jack O Lantern”. There’s 2 plants, both supposed to be Jack O Lantern, planted inches from each other (both were coming in so well I…
[image links are broken after several hosting moves, hoping to find backups somewhere] Or, it will be! I sure wish I could watch this little guy grow up. Then Now: I love squash flowers!
Notice: The weeds are taking over. Ignore them and don’t think too badly of me ;) I don’t have enough time to keep them in check lately! I’ve noticed a lot of bee life in the garden, and managed to get a couple photos of them helping me out… With my tomatoes: And my lemon cucumbers: The squash are doing…
We have some pumpkins, just from the hybrid “Prizewinner” plant. This little guy has the potential to grow to 900 lbs. Won’t that be a treat for the new owners of the house to deal with :eat I didn’t know that pumpkin vines send down roots, I went to move the vine so I could water easier and it was…
Really. When I saw the thermometer in my van and it said 106F, I died. Thankfully the a/c brought me back. Well, maybe not so much, it’s still 80 degrees inside my house at 11pm and I’m miserable. I’m sure I sound melodramatic, but I tend to get awful migraines with the heat (got one yesterday) and it just makes…