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
We have been getting a lot of rain in our area, it's raining again today so I couldn't weed the garden. Fortunately, it slowed down and drizzled when I went out to take these photos. I planted the peppers yesterday and it was sunny this morning when I left for work. I covered the peppers… Continue reading Early May Garden
I started planting in the garden last week. The cucumbers didn't make it, it was cold at night and super hot during the day and now it's starting all over again sowing cucumber seeds in the garden. The lemongrass stalks that I purchased from the Asian Market started to take roots and I planted them… Continue reading April Showers
It's Spring and I'm like most gardeners that want to start planting in my garden. I know it's too early in our area, we still have some cold nights and the last frost could be as late as the last week of April. My seedlings are growing, I re-pot the young cucumber plants in bigger… Continue reading It feels Like Springtime
I wonder if I started my cucumber seedlings too early, the first week I was worried that they won't sprout but now I wish they won't get too tall. I'm very fortunate to have big windows and plenty of sunlight during the day. These are the National Pickling Cucumbers, I hope that they won't be… Continue reading Seedling and Cleaning up the Garden
Perhaps it might be 6 more weeks of winter up North, but certainly not in North Carolina. Regardless of the groundhog's forecasting being right or wrong, it's still very interesting to watch and I'm rooting for early Spring. It's a lot warmer during the day here but still very cold at night. I guess the winter… Continue reading Certainly Early Spring Here
August is a busy month, I've been working on cleaning the backyard and hauling loads of woods and trash left by the previous owners to the landfill, and still have a few more loads to do. The backyard used to be the dumping ground for them and in time I'm sure it will break down and… Continue reading August Garden
I'm beginning to wonder if the weeds loved my garden more than me, I spent my evening weeding and when I came across this one the answer is clear. The blueberries are thriving amongst the weed. This is the first year that the birds left me some berries and it's delicious freshly picked from the bush. I'm… Continue reading Weeds Love My Garden
I was busy putting up the fence in the last two weeks and didn't have much time to care for the garden but it's thriving. The wooden fence posts are up, the garden gate is up, but obviously not protecting the garden from my visitors out there. It has been raining so much in the… Continue reading Garden Update
I didn't have much time to clear the land since the weather is getting warmer, the plants need to go in the ground. I was working from the front of the garden to the back, patiently making rows of planting bed one by one. The ground was hard and filled with rocks, it was very difficult… Continue reading Gardening Happy
This garden has been abandoned for at least 10 years, just standing here I could see that back then it was a simple country garden with rows of corn and vegetables. I like the idea of having a simple garden, when I came to see the house a year ago I never expected that the… Continue reading New Garden
Click here to watch this video on YouTube It was at the end of August when PaNoy shared photos of his garden, this time I had a chance to visit his garden myself, and surprisingly his garden still looks lush and green in the month of October. The big papaya tree bears many fruits. Not… Continue reading A Visit to PaNoy’s Garden
Click here to watch this video on YouTube Grandma's garden is a true Laotian garden. It's not because she has the straw hat as a scarecrow, not sure if it's working, but her garden is a Lao garden because of the different Lao herbs and vegetables that she grew in her garden. I think it… Continue reading Grandma’s Garden
It has been a while since I updated my garden and this year my pickle cucumbers didn't do too well and I was surprised to see one grew in the middle of the garden. My sweet basil is doing well, I planted some in pots and a few in raised bed. The cherry tomato plants… Continue reading Mid Summer Garden
I went out to feed my fish this morning, the garden looks so peaceful in the early morning hour. I didn't have time to take picture, but couldn't resist and here are a few snap shots of my garden this morning. Snow peas Beans Sunflowers Sweet Basil Gardenia All photos were taken with Canon T2i,… Continue reading Golden Hour
