I won’t have as much time for my garden this year, but I still want to have a garden.

There are three reasons for this:

1. I really enjoy the solid thinking time gardening gives me.  I come up with some of my best ideas when I’m doing yard work.
2. I love the satisfaction of growing and preserving my own food.
3. I dug up a quarter of our backyard last year, and if I don’t garden it, it’ll turn into a muddy weed pit. Read more…

So, I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to do a video post about Howling Hill’s Seed Swap.  First the sound didn’t work.  Then the sound worked, but my webcam stopped recording after 29 minutes.  Then Argo put his big head in the shot, which would have been fine, but it turns out the sound stopped working again.  Then I got something recorded only to realize that I have no idea how to turn this video into a file I can upload.  You may get a video blog post from me some day, but today is not that day. Read more…

Okay, not quite, but I did pick all the peppers left in my garden this weekend.  I spent 4 hours roasting them on the grill on Sunday, and then eleventy-million hours peeling, seeding, and cutting them.  I was so burnt out by Monday morning that I couldn’t even bear to be in the kitchen, but wow, it was worth it.  The peppers turned out great.

Here’s what I did with them. Read more…

While we were away, my friend Michele took our CSA bags for us, and her enthusiasm for the veggies and trying new things was inspiring. After hearing about her roasted red pepper pizzas and bok choy stir fries, I resolved to get back in gear and make the most of my CSA bags and goods from my garden. Read more…

I haven’t put up a garden update in a very long time, so I’m going to disguise it as a tip.  Or, I’m going to make today’s tip a lesson I learned from my tomatoes.  One or the other.  All about how you look at it.  Read more…

Gardening conflicts with my other favorite summer activity – backpacking. It’s hard to get away for a weekend in the woods when the tomatoes need watering, so here’s my solution. Read more…

Well, I’ve been totally delinquent with my Growing Challenge posts, for several reasons. Read more…

I’ve been eying compost tumblers for awhile now, but I just can’t get past the price tag. Most of them run over 100 bucks. So, I did a little research and made my own.

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I’ve been busy with the garden lately. The picture above is a moth or cicada in its pupal stage. Anyone know exactly what it is? It wiggled in my hand when I picked it up. Read more…

If you are planning a garden this year and plan to buy plants at the nursery instead of starting them from seed, you’ll probably bring home a lot of plastic along with your plants. Read more…