Spring is dragging its feet this year
It seems that this year, spring is dragging its feet. Or maybe we just got spoiled when it was 60 degrees a week or so ago? Each day brings another "fit and start." One...
The flower gardens are looking great…and so is our woodpile
Besides all the great improvements going on around here, the big garden, our new house garden and keeping busy taking care of Mom, I have had a few minutes to work in the flowers....and...
Q and A: Using soaker hoses and Thanks for everything
Using soaker hoses
I live in North Alabama and we are already having 90+ degree weather. I got soaker hoses for my garden today and can not decide on how long I should run them...
One of our hen turkeys hatched out … chicks
Yep, that's right, chicks, not poults (baby turkeys). It seems Mama turkey found a nest of chicken eggs and decided to sit on them instead of making her own nest. Oh well, she IS...
Q and A: whiteflies and filling the canner
Whiteflies
I have just started gardening with my grandson. He has 5 pumpkin plants and I planted 6 Hopi squash. Each group are in their own 100 sq ft growbox. Our summer has been brutal...