Category Archives: Garden
A warning
See what happens to you if you eat my crocuses? Ok, actually I found it when I was raking out the front vegetable bed. Hoping it’ll work as a deterrent, I put it on the boulder next to my bulb … Continue reading
Paging spring to central Illinois
My bulbs are sprouting, little green spikes that will be daffodils, lilies, and tulips soon. The less said about the crocuses the better; apparently they are a squirrel delicacy. I’ve put chicken wire back over the remaining bulbs. I want … Continue reading
Playing in dirt
I was starting to feel itchy about not having dirt to play in, wanting to see something green and growing instead of all this snow. So, houseplants. It’s been a week and I haven’t killed them yet. I tend to … Continue reading
Garden Update, Better Late Than Never Edition
I picked parsley and the tiny volunteer chard this morning, digging them out from under the snow. Unless the parsley keeps growing, the garden is now entirely done for the season. Better late than never was also the motto of … Continue reading
Garden progress
The red fig heirloom tomato has two tiny green tomatoes on it, finally. Neither of the other two heirloom plants has flowered, and they’re all still pretty small, but I remain hopeful. The non-heirloom tomato is producing like mad. I … Continue reading
Garden recordkeeping
Last weekend I pulled all the onions and snow peas out of the back and planted more snow peas, plus green beans, zucchini, chard, and bok choy. The latter four also got planted in the front, since I wanted to … Continue reading
Garden: Peas & Spinach
The garden has been doing much better this year than last year, even the things like lettuce where I just used last year’s seeds. There have been some problems: the rosemary died, and three tiny pepper plants got uprooted, but … Continue reading
Garden Progress
The back garden is very green: That’s 5/18, 4/26, 4/8, and 3/20 (planting day). Look at all that lovely spinach!
Spring Garden
When we left for Botswana, it was still winter here. A few of the bulbs were poking out of the dirt, a few twigs had small buds, but most plants were still sleeping. When we got back two weeks later, … Continue reading
Almost spring
Last fall, I planted bulbs in the front planter and a small patch of the back garden. I drew a map so I’d know what they were when they started to grow, and I know I put it someplace clever … Continue reading
