Gardening

Green Things (and winners!)

April 19, 2013

Winners! First, congrats to Stacy D., commenter #3, and winner of the Shabby Apple $50 giveaway. It’s funny…just recently I was thinking about how random.org doesn’t often seem to pick low-numbered entries, and then it goes and proves me wrong by choosing commenter #3! By the way, it was fun to read your comments on [...]

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This is Bob (and not the lizard sort of Bob.)

January 17, 2013

Not everyone names their celery plants, but my girls do. He lives in the girls’ room most of the time, since theirs has the most sun, but on cloudy days, we sometimes give him a bit of flourescent light.  Our last attempt at celery growing went downhill once we put the plant in dirt instead [...]

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Spinach, Smoothies, and Survivors

May 26, 2012

Spinach The nice thing about spinach from my yard is that I’m very sure it’s organic. Smoothies They’re just the greatest when the weather is warm, don’t you think? In this one: homemade yogurt, frozen mango, frozen raspberries, and frozen strawberries. Glass straw details here. Survivors This pot used to be full of basil seedlings. [...]

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1. Do Something With The Sweet Potatoes

May 5, 2012

Pretty sure that’s how my to-do list needs to start. These need to either be cooked or planted because soon, those shoots are going to be so tall, I won’t be able to shut my drawer properly. Did you know there are other instances where you can plant food that might otherwise go to waste? [...]

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I got a little dirty yesterday.

July 7, 2011

Actually, a LOT dirty. And a lot smelly. But it was for a good and frugal cause. First, I used a pitchfork and wheelbarrow and put wood chips all around the swingset (I’m still working through the ginormous pile of wood chips we got when we had our dead tree removed). Incidentally, you should know [...]

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Green is springing up all around me

March 22, 2011

And I love it! After a winter full of brown, gray, and white tones, green is such a sight for sore eyes. Seriously.  Don’t sunlit green leaves just make you feel happy? (the deciduous trees are not yet green around here…this is just a large evergreen bush/tree in my backyard, and I am choosing to [...]

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