I’ve always wanted an herb garden. It sounds so Victorian, so English and something that self-reliant people should have. While I do have an herb garden I’m not sure that I’m making the best use of it. This is the … Continue reading →
The walking onions are coming along. As you can see they’ve grown a lot since April. I was doing some research and it seems that these are Egyptian Walking Onions. Right now we’re adding the green stalks to our salads … Continue reading →
Last Thanksgiving Mom and Dad gave us some walking onion sets. The Man of the House planted half of them in the fall and half in the spring. These photos were taken about a month ago. Here are the ones planted … Continue reading →
Take a look at the wheelbarrow. One of the handles broke off AGES ago. The Man of the House has been using it, but as you can imagine it hasn’t been a very satisfactory experience. TMOTH spotted this little beauty at Costco. … Continue reading →
First a small explanation about the mobile orchard/vineyard – we’re growing things in pots so that we can take our trees and vines with us when we move to a place with more elbowroom. Some of the plants are three … Continue reading →
The other day The Man of the House got a dreamy look in his eye and said, “One day I’d like to own everything in the Raintree catalog.” We took a step closer to that goal last week when we got … Continue reading →
For some reason my Christmas cactus has started to bloom again. It bloomed around Thanksgiving and here it is again!
Continue reading →The sun came out today so I took a little walk outside. Sure enough. There are signs that spring is on its way! Here is a young garlic plant. The plants in the hedge are gearing up for another year!
Continue reading →This winter has been a wild one in terms of weather. The most recent event is last night’s snowstorm. I am so glad that I work from home! Driving is going to be a bear today! But the snow is pretty and I have that new digital camera so . . .
Continue reading →The garden is harvested. It’s too cold to go outside. THIS is the perfect time to plan next year’s garden! This list of seed and nursery links will give you loads of ideas for next spring.
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