Category Archives: Gardening

Worm Poop and Bean Sprouts

I set aside a small number of red wiggler worms inside a 2 gallon bucket and kept it by the back door in the garage. Turns out this worm farm is doing much better than my big outdoor bin. I … Continue reading

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Garden Update August 23, 2009

My garden has been a little neglected this summer, but I’m trying to get a few things done for a fall harvest. Last weekend, I cleaned out all of vegetation and weeds in the bed by the back door. The … Continue reading

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Pepper Harvest

Cantaloupe, okra, and peppers are the only thing worth mentioning in my garden right now. The tomato plants are still alive, but not doing too good. Cucumber plants look bad. Squash was all eat up by some evil worm. I … Continue reading

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A Day of Hard Labor

It’s been 3 years since we did anything with the front flower beds. (see previous post) That plastic we used for weed block does a good job, we haven’t had to pull weeds. I’ve been a little worried that the … Continue reading

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First Harvest and Giant Worms

I went through and pulled out all the onions that didn’t have any green stalks above ground, and pulled out the potatoes too.

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Garden Pictures – June 7

Amber sent me these pics last night. Some of my tomato plants are diseased. I’m not sure what it is yet, need to look it up.

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Garden and Bryson Pics

Bryson and I walked around the garden to record the progress of our food growth. The tomato plants next to the garage are getting huge. The eve of the house is shading them in the day, so I’m not sure … Continue reading

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Garden Update May 26, 2009

I took some pictures of my plants this evening. My tomato plants are getting tall. We have been pretty good at keeping the sucker vines pinched off.

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Garden Update May 10, 2009

I could have used another few days to work in the garden this weekend, but that isn’t going to happen. The grape vines are growing vigorously. Lots of fruit. I pruned lots of them, and straightened the vines up.

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Garden Update – April 19, 2007

I worked outside all day today while Amber and Bryson were visiting family. First thing I noticed was that two plants I thought were dead are coming back to life. This made my day. The first is my Brandywine tomato … Continue reading

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