Fruit Trees
Along with setting out the garden for the first time this year, I decided as well to add some fruit trees to the backyard. We have plenty of room and in a few years we should be able to have some fruit from the backyard as well as vegetables. I planted three apple...
Garden Update – end of April
The weather here has been less than cooperative. It is either raining buckets or flirting with frost. Somewhat late for us to be having frost events. Needless to say it has really changed my schedule with the garden and had me running out to cover the strawberries a...
Garden Layout
I did as much research as possible before setting up how I wanted the garden laid out. I tried to put things near each other that were companions and away from each other that didn’t get along well. Below is the layout that I have for my garden this year....
Starting Seeds Indoors
I decided to start some of my seeds indoors to transplant out in the garden in a few weeks. I thought it would be fun for the kids to watch the plants come to life. I purchased two 72 cell seed starting kits from Burpee Gardening and decided last Saturday I would...
Ye of Little Faith – My Garden Experiment
In all of my research with Rheumatoid Arthritis, I have noticed that most try to eat better and healthier. I would love to purchase all organic fruits and vegetables but from a price standpoint, I don’t feel that is practical. I decided that since I live in Zone 6,... Life often puts us on detours that we didn't expect; I'm learning how to enjoy the scenery on the latest detour in my life. I'm a Mom to two children, 10 and 8, who loves to cook, create, learn, and see the beauty in life. ..Read More
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