Category Archives: gardening
Gardening in 5 minutes a day
One of the best presents GrammaFrog gave me for our house was a bucket. A very special bucket. Here it is. This is my gardening bucket, and for the past several years has been the key to success for the … Continue reading
White House hoop houses
Wow, between major work deadlines and Christmas festivities, I haven’t been able to blog much. But check this story and video out. The White House hoop houses look just like mine! Okay, maybe a little better…and bigger… Actually, they used … Continue reading
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Snug in their beds
I’ve finally gotten the fall/spring section of the garden bed snug as a bug in a rug for the winter!! Now that we have our new backyard garden beds, I wanted to put up a system to cover a section … Continue reading
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Digging for gold!
Yesterday, Monkeywrench and I enjoyed some of the last of the summer weather, and dug out our big Rubbermaid box of potatoes. What a great time! If you haven’t tried this with your little ones, you should. Monkeywrench let out … Continue reading
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Bean hideaway teepee
Each time we head out to the backyard garden, MonkeyWrench heads for her favorite spot – her chair inside the bean teepee! This spring, we put in five 8-ft bamboo poles, tied them at the top with string, and put … Continue reading
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Northwest Gazpacho
Hmm…a bit of an oxymoron, since gazpacho comes from Spain. But at this time of the year, when the tomatoes are hanging heavy and luscious off the vine, the cucumbers are cranking themselves out, we’ve got our onions curing in … Continue reading
Safe Seed Pledge – Are you buying genetically engineered seeds?
Do you have a garden? Do you use genetically modified/engineered seeds? Do you know for sure? I found out that I didn’t. A 2008 CBS/NY Times poll showed that most citizens of the US would prefer to have GM … Continue reading
Ode to Kohlrabi
I am not a closet kohlrabi lover. I am way out in the open, flaunting my wild love and adoration for this wonderful, albeit funny-looking vegetable. Hence, my Ode to Kohlrabi Who’s to know, it’s not a UFO Rising stately … Continue reading
