Gardening Update

I put too many things in late and didn’t put in any winter squash.  I put beans in in July — crockett’s victory garden said i could, and they are really struggling.  They won’t make it – it’s been too cold this year, and not really summer-like at all during July, which is usually our [...]

Bloodroot

I was afraid that the voles had eaten my bloodroot but no, they came up just fine, only a little further back than I had remembered. Unfortunately I missed their bloom while I was in California. Native plants are very ephemeral. Last year I saved some of the seeds they produced but [...]

Triamble Winter Squash

I finally cut open the large blue three-lobed winter squash called triamble that I grew in the garden last summer. It has lasted six months and its skin is as perfect as ever – no soft spots or wrinkled skin whatsoever! It probably weighed 10 pounds. I forgot to weigh it before [...]

Spring Planting

I’m rereading my “spring planting” post from last year:
“So here is the plan for next year. Start seeds in 9 cell plastic seed starting trays, 1 seed per cell since I can’t ever stand thinning plants and throwing one away. If the seeds are several years old, put 2 in each compartment. [...]

Whoopee!

Here we go with another blog.  This one will be on gardening, although I don’t think I’ll be growing curubas anytime soon.  Oh, no.  what’s with the images?