Category Archives: Gardening

Tomato Seedlings

Bryson helped me transplant some tomato seedlings today. His specialty is placing the plastic markers in the pots and making holes in the soil with his finger.  So far, 14 of my tomatoes have sprouted from seed that I planted … Continue reading

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Planted the Peas

Bryson and I spent a few hours out in the cold to get some more gardening done. I planted lots of different edible pod peas. I don’t know why I have so dang many of these, I guess I thought … Continue reading

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Garden Activity Report – 6 Feb 2010

The frustrating cycle of me being away from home during prime gardening time has started again.  I’m a little late on some things and a little early on some things, but I wanted to get some cool weather vegetables in the ground. … Continue reading

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Asparagus Raised Bed

I have 20 asparagus plants on order and I’m expecting them to arrive in a few weeks.  Asparagus is one of the plants that loses most of its taste within a day of picking, so I’m excited to taste it … Continue reading

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Mr. and Mrs. Everybody Else

I just read the dedication of my new gardening book.  Makes me think I’m going to like this book!

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Stupid Dog

I was pretty happy with my fall garden progress, I had a good crop of lettuce, peas, and spinach well on their way.  You might be able to guess what I thought when I looked out the window Monday morning … Continue reading

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Garden Update – October 11, 2009

I’ve had some little broccoli and spinach seedlings for over a week now, but it has been raining every day it seemed.  I put on my work boots and slopped through the backyard to get them in the dirt this … Continue reading

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Frozen Peppers

I’m trying something new. I chopped up all the peppers I harvested from my garden, laid them out flat on a cookie sheet and put them in the freezer, then bagged them in small baggies. I hear this is a … Continue reading

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More Peppers

I harvested more peppers tonight while the kids were playing on the swing.  I have a bunch of them.  I didn’t even tackle the jalapeños yet. I’ll cut all these up into small chunks, flash freeze them on cookie sheets, then transfer … Continue reading

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Mushrooms

All the rain this week has been good for mushrooms. One of the front flower beds has a bunch of really white mushrooms poking up everywhere the weed block plastic is not.

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