animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

garden time!

Yesterday was the first truly nice day, so I got outside after work for a little bit and started doing things. My main goal was to uncover the pond and clean up the leaves around it. That mission was accomplished. Hopefully, I can get the pump running this evening. The …

onion fail

I ordered onion plants from Burpee and for whatever reason, they shipped them a month late. I got them into the ground as soon as I could but that wasn’t good enough. They are currently ready to harvest and most of them are too small to be usable. I would …

best laid plans

So much for getting the garden in this weekend! I even took today off so I could get a bunch done in the yard/garden over the long weekend. I did plant the rest of the seeds (carrots, beets, beans, more peas) yesterday, but with the chilly weather in the forecast, …