Monthly Archives: May 2011

What a horrible time to try and garden!

With all the people who have lost their homes and their lives with the numerous tornadoes all over the country, mainly the south and midwestern states, complaining that its caused excess rain seems trite. I pray for the people who … Continue reading

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Was so worried the last few days about the cucumbers/squashes

After transplanting them the next day they looked so withered up, I was wondering if I had made a mistake. This weather has been very difficult for me to figure out. Its May its like 70-80 during the day, and … Continue reading

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Planted out all but Tomatoes and Peppers today.

There has been such strange weather here in Indiana that I being new here didn’t know when I should plant anything. I had already planted the Dino Kale, Collards and Mesculin Mix lettuce and the Eygptian beans too which look … Continue reading

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Down in the Weather

I’ve been sick for the past week. I have of all things, the flu or a flu-like condition. It actually hasn’t stopped me from gardening but that’s easy since everything is still in the house. Where o Where did SPRING … Continue reading

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Planted out three things

I bought four bags of top soil at Walmart and one bag of mulch to plant until there’s more of the good soil available or  I can go pick up some good soil. So we added a shovel amount of soil … Continue reading

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Scored at the 3-day Mother’s Day Plant Sale

I have been wanting to grow Dino Kale since I saw the Growing Your Greens.com videos on Youtube almost two years ago. They grow to be very tall and have been hard to find outside the west coast but surprisingly … Continue reading

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Tomato Teepee Technique and Pulling out my Seed Reserves

I was watching an old movie with Lea the other day and my attention was drawn to the old southern woman’s garden. I saw something that peeked my interest and it was similar to what I ended up doing last … Continue reading

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Newly Built Garden

6 Railroad Ties My neighbor was going to help build me a raised bed but he had to work on Saturday.  So I went and picked up more veggie starts, which I’ll mention a little later. But while there I explained that I … Continue reading

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