Posted in Gardening Pictures, gardening, ground covers, succulents, tagged drought tolerant plants, ground covers, hens and chicks, hens and chicks pictures, Sempervivum, succulents on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hens and Chicks in my tree ring garden.
Hens and Chicks, or Sempervivum, as they’re otherwise known, are a hardy succulent. They are popular as ground cover as well as in rock gardens. Hens and chicks take minimal care and can grown in very little soil. They are perfectly placed in shallow dirt that accumulates in [...]
Posted in e-books, gardening, vegetables, tagged gardening calendar, gardening e-books, gardening ebooks on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am very happy to announce the arrival of my gardening ebook, Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: The Beginner’s Guide to a Bountiful, Beautiful Vegetable Garden.
You can check it out here.
Also, watch for other ebooks to arrive periodically. Right now, I’m working on another ebook that will contain a year-round gardening activities calendar full of [...]
Posted in Gardening Pictures, gardening, vegetables, tagged garden peas, growing peas, peas, vegetable gardening on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite garden vegetables are peas. From the time I was a little girl, I have loved to pick peas fresh out of the garden, pop them open and devour the sweet, tender peas nestled inside.
And, joy oh joy, the peas are nearly ready for the first harvest! Most years we would [...]
Posted in Flowers, Gardening Pictures, Perennials, gardening, tagged Bleeding Hearts, Flowers, gardening, Perennials, vintage flowers on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t you just love the delicate beauty of the Bleeding Heart? This one is in its second year and simply thriving.
When I was a little girl, my grandmother had a Bleeding Heart in her shade garden at the front of her house. I was captivated by the curious little “hearts” that covered the delicate plant [...]
Posted in Gardening Pictures, gardening, tagged upside down tomato pictures, upside down tomatoes on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an update on the upside down tomatoes I planted as per the instructions in my previous post, Planting Upside Down Tomatoes, as well as some pictures. As you can see, they’re doing well. Especially considering they got a very late start and have only been in the buckets for about 2 weeks now.
This last [...]
Posted in Herbs, gardening, tagged gardening, gardening advice, gardening tips, Herbs, rosemary on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It looks as though I’ve finally found a place in our garden that’s sheltered enough for the Rosemary to make it through the winter. Hip-hip-hurrah!
Although Rosemary is considered a perennial in warmer regions, here in central Oregon, where winters are cold and harsh and usually accompanied by lots of snow, it’s commonly regarded as an annual.
There [...]
Posted in Gardening Pictures, gardening, tagged flower gardening, gardening, Gardening Pictures, vegetable gardening on May 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yeah! I found the disc with pictures from our garden’s first year. These were taken in mid to late summer, 2006.
Corner shade garden and catnip tree ring in the first year, 2006.
Herb garden in barrels, 2006.
South view of our back garden area in its first year, 2006.
This is a view of the vegetable garden and [...]
Posted in gardening, tagged Add new tag, garden pictures, gardening on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I promised Shawn yesterday, here are some pictures of our garden in its first and second years – 2006 & 2007.
The catnip in its 2nd spring, 2007.
Corner shade garden in its second spring, 2007 - the Petunias are all volunteers from the previous year.
Blue Mist Blue Beard in its first summer – 2007.
Squash bed summer 2007.
Shade/sun [...]
Posted in gardening, tagged gardening, planting tomatoes, tomatoes, upside down tomatoes on May 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about upside down tomatoes so I thought it would make a good blog topic. Until recently I’d never even heard of it but I think it’s a good concept.
There are two main benefits to planting upside down tomatoes.
1. Because the tomato plant grows upside down there’s no stress [...]
Posted in gardening, tagged garden prep, garden preparation, gardening on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Well, it’s spring . . . I think!
Monday started out with record breaking heat. Which got me outside and working in the back garden early in the morning (not really too early since I had to get my husband and son out the door, but while it was still cool anyway).
I enjoyed a good [...]
