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My First Time Growing Potatoes!
My First Time Growing Potatoes! This will be the first year I’ve grown potatoes in the garden. Potatoes are inexpensive at the grocery store so I wonder if it will be a waste of space to grow them at home? I’ve…
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First Spring Plantings – 2019
First Spring Plantings It’s early March but the weather is warming quickly. I think it’s going to be a hot summer. I need to get a drip irrigation system installed before I put in all the plants so I can ensure…
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Bed Preparation 2021
Bed Preparation 2021 I’m a very tidy person. I don’t like knick-knacks, clutter or unopened mail. Gardening offers me the opportunity to welcome a little bit of chaos into my life. I allow the wild nature of the garden to help…
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Garden Plan 2021
Garden Plan 2021 Do you Know About Garden Planning? Garden plan 2021 is very interesting for me. I know beauty garden planning. It’s finally springtime! I’m so relieved and so excited about the growing season ahead. In the winter, I feel…
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Happy Birthday Garden Delicious!
The Garden Delicious just celebrated its 1st Birthday! I had an idea for a blog for a few years before I actually dove into the process of creating it. My procrastination was a combination of things. Life just kept getting in…
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10 Veggie Gardening Lessons Learned – 2018
10 Veggie Gardening Lessons Learned At the end of every season, I like to sit down in the garden and reflect on how things went. I learn something new every year so it’s helpful to keep a garden journal and write…
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My turnips are ready!
My ready turnips Gardening is such a miracle. Nature has packed all of the genetic material needed to produce these wonderfully tender, white globes of crisp refreshing goodness into a teeny, tiny little seed that I dropped into the soil last…
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Early June Garden Update
Early June Garden Update It’s been about a month since I posted an update on the garden. We’ve had a wonderful mix of hot days (70-80 degrees and sunny) and warm rainy days. The plants LOVE this combo. They love rain…
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Natural Pest Control
Natural Pest Control I went out to the garden today to pick some strawberries and found the ants had discovered my succulent little treats! As an organic gardener, I do share my garden with insects, many that are beneficial to my…
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Tomato Trellises
Tomato Trellises This year I’ve decided to try to use vertical space in the garden. My tomato plants, in particular, tend to get pretty wild and sprawl across the pathways and tangle up their vines making it difficult for sunlight to…