Tuesday I bought 9 Beauregard sweet potato plants from a local store. I haven't grown sweet potatoes in a very long time. This afternoon I started digging the bed for the plants. Sweet potatoes like a … [Read more...]
Cardinals
This must have been the year of the cardinals in my backyard. On my frequent trips in my backyard to do garden work or feed the birds, I occasionally came across a cardinal feather. They accumulated … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato Curing Rig
This is a rewrite, from memory, of a lost blog post that I wrote in 2008 about my sweet potato curing rig. This was my sweet potato curing rig from a few years ago. It worked well, the sweet … [Read more...]
Clyde’s Vegetable Planting Slide Chart
Edit: 12/31/11- It's time to think about gardening again. Original Post: Last January 2009, my calendar told me to plan my garden this weekend. I dug out my handy dandy Clyde's Vegetable Planting … [Read more...]
Garden 7-8
I planted a small spring garden and most of it survived the tree. Later, really too late, but our spring weather was hot, I planted a few tomato plants and that is all. I'm not having a big garden … [Read more...]
Onions Update
Despite my lack of time to take care of my garden, the onions are doing well. I have weeded them three times and I have sprinkled dry leaves over them. In the photograph below, you should be able to … [Read more...]
Planting Potatoes and Onions
Yesterday, February 28th, I had just finished digging 3 trenches for potatoes and prepared one bed for onions when a blustery storm chased me into the house. It rained hard, it rained sideways, and it … [Read more...]
November- Garden Tilled
Yesterday and today, I hauled compost from the woods and spread it over the garden. After that, I tilled the garden. In a few days I will need to spread leaf mould over the entire garden. That will … [Read more...]
Pseudopods of the Monarch Caterpillar
Have you ever wondered what those stubby legs look like up close? I accidentally captured the pseudopods today in a photograph. This is a close-up photograph of the pseudopods on a monarch … [Read more...]
Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
Earlier today I took these photographs in my garden. The caterpillars shown here are, as far as I can tell, Black Swallowtail. The plants they are feeding on is fennel. I don't mind, I got the fennel … [Read more...]
Leek Growth and Care
Once leeks are established, they seem to grow fairly fast. Below are two photographs of my leek bed. The first photograph was taken on May 14th and the second one was taken on June 7th. … [Read more...]
Garden Work May 6th
I spent a few hours on May 6th concentrating on one problem area of my garden. You'd think my problem would be the gigantic mint bed, and I will get to that, but this problem area has bermuda grass. … [Read more...]
Peppermint Sea
If you read my blog last year, then you might remember that I let my herbs take over the part of the garden that I was not using. Unchecked, the peppermint spread like it was meant to … [Read more...]
Leek Trenches Shifted
Because I am a rookie leek grower and I do not know any better, I have shifted the trench walls over against the plants further burying (blanching) them. Maybe it was a good move, maybe it wasn't. The … [Read more...]
Lemon Balm in April
The lemon balm is up and growing with vigor. The lemon balm plant pictured below is large this spring. I have three plants or more and I should begin harvesting soon. What Does One Do with … [Read more...]
