Six on Saturday 01.04.2020
Happy New Year! Wishing all my fellow gardeners, birders and bloggers alike the very best in 2020. Cheers, friends! Continue reading Six on Saturday 01.04.2020
Tag: Gardening
Garden Planning: The Method To My Madness
It’s that time of year. Seed catalogs are arriving weekly, if not daily, and you’re getting the itch to start seed shopping. Wait a hot second! Before you start filling your cart it may be helpful to do some planning. Spacing is very important for a fruitful garden and you don’t want to buy significantly more seeds than you have the soil for. I’ll take … Continue reading Garden Planning: The Method To My Madness
Six on Saturday 12.21.2019
Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season and all the best in 2020! Cheers, friends! Continue reading Six on Saturday 12.21.2019
A Green Thumb’s Wishlist
T’is the season!!! I’m sure you have a green thumb or two on that list you’ve made (and checked at least twice) that you’ll need gift ideas for. In an effort to help both my fellow shoppers and my gardening comrades, I’ve put together a list of items that are, or have been, on my wish list. Galvanized trough style raised bed planter – Gardner’s … Continue reading A Green Thumb’s Wishlist
Seed Swap Chit-Chat
Two of my three seed swaps have come in and I thought you might be interested in hearing about some of seeds I’ve received from other participants. As a recap, I’ve outlined how the swaps worked below. How it works: Each swap has a specified number of participants and this is the number of packets that each person sends in. The idea is that each … Continue reading Seed Swap Chit-Chat
Six on Saturday 11.09.2019
Fall Garden Chores
I have spent a good chunk of my spare time buttoning the garden up for impending winter weather and thought I’d share an overview of my fall gardening chores. My circumstances allow for a very simple autumn wrap-up but I do still put extra effort into prepping my soil for the next season and setting my fall/overwintered plants up for success. This is what I … Continue reading Fall Garden Chores
Birds in The Garden
I have fed the birds as long as I can remember. You see, I grew up in a place where winters are hard. Snow starts falling in October, so parents often buy Halloween costumes a size too big so they’ll fit over a snowsuit if necessary. Temperatures fall below zero regularly, sometimes reaching -50F with Jack Frost’s vicious windchill, and it is not unusual for … Continue reading Birds in The Garden
Six on Saturday Debut
Six on Saturday is a social media trend in which six photos are shared on a Saturday, depicting current events in one’s garden. Now that this blog is up and running, I thought participating in Six on Saturday once a month may allow me to update my readers on my garden happenings with minimal commentary. A quick read. Let’s give it a go, shall we? … Continue reading Six on Saturday Debut
2019: Lessons Learned
As we move into the final quarter of 2019 I thought now might be a good time to discuss successes and failures. After all, both are equally important for forward progress and personal development. I find that each year of gardening presents new challenges and allows me a multitude of learning opportunities. First let’s talk about some less fortunate events… NUTRIENTS This was the first … Continue reading 2019: Lessons Learned
