Category Archives: Gardening

I would love to report that the battle is mine!  That would be a lie.  Everyday when I go down and check there are spider mites, mostly on the same plants.  Watching while flats of growing things melt into dust … Continue reading →

First let me pause a minute to take in the fact that I just typed, “Seed Starting Room”.  Those are wonderful words.  Also a fancy name for mechanical room but still, renaming it makes it seem exotic and extraordinary.  Things … Continue reading →

In the fall of 2024, we purchased two inexpensive hoop house greenhouses from Amazon, one 7′ x 12′, and one 10′ x 20′.  We set up the smaller one up by the house, to be used for starting plants and … Continue reading →

This post is actually bitter sweet.  When we bought this house, the day we closed, a tree had fallen and the people we were purchasing from had to clear it from the driveway on their way to the closing.  This … Continue reading →

I have dreamed of having a yard filled with edible delights for years.  My vision was to have vegetables, fruit trees, berry bushes, grapes, and flowers all living together in a happy yard filled with the sound of birds and … Continue reading →

It started upstairs.      In our bedroom.  Last year it moved to the basement.  As weather allowed the lettuce and spinach moved outside. I think we are done with that.  The biggest reason? We are much more likely to … Continue reading →

More than 40 years ago I lived on land out in the country.  In the front yard were two very old apple trees.  One needed to be cut down, which made me sad, but the other flowered and fruited every … Continue reading →

Some things that have made gardening easier this year.  They cost money and you don’t need to spend a lot to get into gardening.  We have tried just about everything up here on the hill and at this point in … Continue reading →