The tower garden has been going for a month now, and it's a jungle out there! Here's a photo of the three week point: And the four week point: In the last week,…
My mom got an interesting addition to her garden a few years back, a Tower Garden aeroponic system. At the time, I knew enough about water-based gardening to be…
I love to track growth stages in different plants, so I’ve been keeping an eye on the neighbor’s blueberry bushes this year. That side of the yard gets some…
I struggle to focus on more than one thing at a time when I work on any kind of project, so I’m starting to think the best way to practice with food is to have…
This weekend was cold and rainy, so it was perfect weather for crockpot chili and a movie marathon. While we didn't get as far as planned with the movie…
Our persimmons finally seem to be ripe now, so this weekend I had to decide what to do with them. I'm a big fan of quick breakfasts during the work week, and it…
When we moved into our house last year, we inherited a little persimmon tree that the previous owners planted in the side yard. It filled up with fruit last…
After a slow start and nearly being eaten alive by striped cabbage worms as seedlings, my broccoli plants are really taking off and enjoying the cooler weather.…
Every summer, we plant several kinds of peppers in our little container garden out back. This year we picked up a tabasco plant, and now we are swimming in tiny…