Category Archive: Gardening

Beginner Beds and Borders {Free Printable}

Free printable small flower gardening beds and borders. With these simple, printable beds and borders you can experiment to your heart's content without having to draw the bed or border each time! I suggest using an accurate ruler, a lead pen, and an eraser for making your plans. You may want to list the plants …

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A Few Pictures from This Spring

A very wild tulip my aunt grew

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Spring . . . is not here.

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It’s been a while! We were finally able to exchange Christmas gifts. We all had a lovely time together. I had to give a few IOUs because I wasn’t able to finish my sewing. I SHOULD have been able to finish my sewing. A depression slump came upon me and I wasn’t able to sew. …

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Blogging and This Time of Year Don’t Mix

Ingenious (if I may say so myself) way of harvesting three different things in the same basket without crushing any delicates

Sooo, how about a few pictures? They may explain why blogging and this time of year don’t mix. Just another taste of what is happening in my home.

It’s Seriously That Time of Year Again!

Lemon juice pickles canned Thursday

What is going on right now in food preservation. I didn’t get pictures of the nectarines frozen on Thursday. ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ I’m not sure why the green one is there. Maybe it’s ripe on the other side! ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~ All of this squash was picked before Friday. We have a lot …

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Garden Tour #3 (photos taken May 30)

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Garden #5 Bean beds being made. ~~~~~~~ I think this is cabbage. ~~~~~~~ Garden #6 Quinoa ~~~~~~~ Peas ~~~~~~~ More potatoes! ~~~~~~~ More field corn. ~~~~~ It is all much more grown up now! We already need to pick peas.

Garden Tour #2 (photos taken May 30)

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More garden photos! Garden #3 These are beets. ~~~~~ Corn ~~~~~~~ Garden #4 More corn. Potatoes

Garden Tour #1 (photos taken May 30)

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Garden #1 Buckwheat (cover crop) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weeds. No, really this is peas, lettuce, greens, parsnips, and kohlrabi, plus volunteer potatoes . . . and weeds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chard. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pretty lettuce. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The real potatoes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Garden #2 Lettuce and radishes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Miss Petunia.

Gardening as a Frugal Project: Factors That Make for Success #13-#15

#13 Comparison shop for supplies, seeds, and plants, just like you would for anything else. Don’t buy everything from the first garden center you see or the first catalog you receive. They may not have the best selection, the best prices, or the best customer service. Shop around! #14 Be aware of the hidden costs …

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Wordless Wednesday: Planting Potatoes

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