Gardening with E

If you missed the earlier post about it, our seedlings have outgrown their little tray- some quite badly. Thus, we have rounded up some recy...

     As promised here is an update on the progress of our seedlings in the tray. Here is a few photos from about a week or so ago: They...

German Proverb: He who plants a garden plants happiness.  

Here is a list of gardening blogs we love to read. Mostly Mom, but E reads some from time to time. Of course the list must start with   T...

     Last year we started an asparagus patch. We know that it is easier to start from crowns, but really wanted to see if we could do it fro...

Some time has passed since we first put all of our yard waste, leaves, coffee/tea ground, and kitchen scraps. While we didn't get it as ...

 A few weeks ago E and I made quiches. E had picked out leeks as his new to try veggie (we do that about once a month or so). We used...

Sometimes, we hold wisdom and hope in our own hearts and souls.  E's first thoughts about a Spring garden is: A bunch of flowers: Sunf...

E picked out a seed starting tray that already had dirt in it to do in addition to our wintersow and other starting containers. Usually we j...

We were at Wal-Mart the other day to get dirt to winter sow (see previous posts) and we picked up a good sized pot. E just wanted it (ok- he...

Funny Old Wives Tales If a girl bites off the head of a butterfly she will get a dress of the same color. Feed your watchdog gun powder ...

Here is our last garden plan- I wonder if you are sad or excited - lol some people may find it neat to see what others are planning while so...

Happy Valentines Day!!!

We ordered a sprout bag and some sprouts to try them out. E wanted something that was easy and quick to grow- and he thought sprouts were co...

The LOVE of gardening: The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heat with nature. To nurture a garden is the feed not j...

Valentines Day Gifts for Gardeners: As we are drawing close to Valentines Day we thought we'd put a little gift giving guide for ...

Here is the finished winter sow project- duct tape and all- on the porch ready to get the bit of winter we have left. Fingers crossed it wor...

This is a little bit of an old recipe-but E wanted us to share it. He wanted a low key birthday this year (Jan 11th) since he felt like all ...

 For today we will simply leave you with a great quote about February, which we find inspiring and very fitting for gardeners. Enjoy!: Th...

Here is our plans for the 2014 garden bed on the side of the house. Like the others this one is an in ground bed. The edging we used was bro...