I had a good harvest this year, despite not having as much time to spend in the Garden this Summer. The Chayote harvest was in the middle of November, this plant likes the cool weather and not ideal if we had an early frost. This year was not too bad, I had a good turn… Continue reading Garden 2018 Update
I was late in planting my garden due to the cold weather and didn't get started until the end of April and just finished planting a few herbs last week. Last week we didn't get any rain, which meant watering the garden every day. I was glad to see that we have some rain this… Continue reading Garden 6-9-2018 Everything Planted
I don't know if my garden needed a break from the rain, I know I do. It has been raining for several days now. Everything is growing rapidly, even the straw starts to grow grass. I would like to be able to go out and work in the garden again, I still have lemongrass to… Continue reading Garden 5-29-2018 Rain
This year we decided to camp at my house for Memorial Day Weekend since we have a big enough space to park the camper. My dad and sister bought their RV on Friday and stayed for the weekend. My goal is to make a private campground in the wood but it will take a lot… Continue reading Camping on Memorial Day Weekend
More colorful decorations in my garden, Bo gave me the two windmills for Mother's Day and Lee gave me the garden rain gauge. The garden rain gauge is a good size and I sure will get a good use out of it. The plants are big enough now to put down the straw mulch. My straw… Continue reading Garden 5-15-2018 Ferterized and Straw Mulched the Plants
A few days late in posting, the garden is coming along nicely. The apple and Asian pear trees that I purchased from Stark Bro's last year survived their first winter. The basils seem to adjust well to the inground planting pots. This part of the garden is sloped and the water washes the garden soil downhill.… Continue reading Garden 5-10-2018
It was cold up until last week, and so much pollen in the air that I was in no shape to go out and prep the planting bed. It rained most of last week also so I didn't feel as guilty not being such a good gardener. Since the weather is warm enough now to garden, I tried… Continue reading Planting the Garden
It's warm enough to work outside now and I've been busy cleaning the garden. It's nice and privacy to live in a wooded lot but certainly a lot of work having to clear the leaves around the house, otherwise we'll get a lot of slithering visitors. I saw several in the garden and most are baby brown… Continue reading Spring Garden Cleanup
This is one of the coldest winters and we had our first snowfall for 2018 yesterday. We got more than expected and didn't have to go to work so I'm out and about photographing the snow. The chicken and ducks are cold and they have to be well-fed to keep their bodies warm, they also… Continue reading Snow
It has been a while since I last posted on the blog, and can't believe it's November already. I took these photos last weekend and it's the last set of photos for the garden before the Autumn harvest. I had a good turn out for the Chayote squash. It didn't start bearing fruits/vegetables until late September.… Continue reading November Garden Update
We have been fortunate to get so much rain in our area, and I didn't have to water as much the last 2 months. The Asian string beans cover the fence trellis, I like to make spicy green bean salad. I didn't take a new photo and the one below was taken several years back of… Continue reading Garden Update Mid July
My camera is on vacation this week, hope it comes back with some nice photos as for now I have my garden photos from June 24th. We have been fortunate that it has been raining on a regular basis and it's been over 2 weeks since I had to water the garden. I don't recall… Continue reading Garden at the end of June
It's certainly a beautiful sight to see the garden start taking off and "knock on wood" looking healthy. The herb garden is doing exceptionally well, the bugs certainly don't bother them since they have a strong aroma. Lime basils I have to say that this is the first year my tomato plants look decent and… Continue reading Fruits of Labor
It has been raining a lot in our area, the plus side is that I don't have to water the garden and the downside is that the heavy storm damaged some of the young plants. The weeds also grow a lot faster than I could weed them. The lemongrass is doing well, they repel mosquitoes… Continue reading Early June Garden
We finally have a break from the rain, it was a nice weekend to get things done in the garden. The weather was cool, perfect weather for gardening. This is a row of bell peppers and hot peppers. PaNoy gave these plants to me at the temple and I found out that they are the Chayote… Continue reading Weekend Garden Progress
