Melissa | August 19, 2010
All of our tomatoes this year are volunteer. That just means they grew out of the compost we spread throughout our garden. We didn’t buy a single tomato seed or plant this year. As they sprouted like weeds all over our garden, we transplanted the heartier ones to our tomato patch. The fun part with [...]
Melissa | July 28, 2010
I should have taken a bigger bowl out.
Melissa | June 15, 2010
We set out to plant sugar snap peas. We planted a lot more this year because we I like them so much. But instead of hoards of sugar snap peas, we have an assortment. Go figure.
Melissa | June 12, 2010
This is what the garden looks like these days. We estimate we’ve harvested over 1000 strawberries this year. Can you identify what all the other plants are?
Hint: They’re all fruits, veggies, or herbs.
Melissa | May 22, 2010
The first red strawberry of the year!
Melissa | May 9, 2010
My Mother’s Day wish was pretty simple this year (note: I’ve given up on the breakfast in bed and/or clean house dream)–I just wanted an everbearing strawberry plant. We have a fabulous strawberry patch this year but they’ll only bear fruit for a couple weeks at the beginning of June.
I’d love strawberries all summer long [...]
Melissa | April 21, 2010
Sometimes it’s the simple things in life.
Yesterday I was beyond excited when Patrick discovered last year’s dill had seeded and was popping up all over the garden. I’m hoping to make refrigerator pickles again (which call for a lot of dill) and it will be one less herb plant I have to buy! Who knew [...]
Melissa | April 12, 2010
Wow! Time flies when you have a house, hubby, 3 kids AND a garden to blog about.
On Good Friday (4/2), we put a good number of seedlings (snap peas, pole beans, and cucumbers) into the ground.
Since we spent a good bit of time in Colonial Williamsburg over the past year and we both have a [...]
Melissa | April 7, 2010
…you use duct tape in your garden.
Melissa | March 27, 2010
3 weeks after planting
Generally everything is doing well (everything that’s come up, that is). We’re still waiting on rosemary, chives, and a couple peppers. It also turns out that the lettuce and broccoli seedlings doesn’t do well in all day sun. I think they’re a little too fragile.
How’s does your garden grow?
