“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
A well-tended garden is a beautiful thing, even a vegetable garden. I am an undeniably bad gardener. I’m also an undeniably hopeful gardener. Every year, I enter the battle (and yes, gardening is war) with great hopes of victory and harvest. There’s something about seeds and plants in rich garden soil that inspires hope in me […]
I’m going to try to plant a fall garden. Emphasis on try. I thought you all should know. Resources for fall gardening in Texas here and here. The Farmer’s Almanac has a nifty tool for best planting dates in your area. (Yes, I am crazy. Why do you ask?) Men generic cialis viagra are […]
First the good news: this is by far the most product my Texas garden has ever been. By a great deal. We’ve had a steady harvest of wax beans and grape tomatoes and a few jalapeños. My herb garden is doing very well, too. The bad news: I seem to be the only would-be gardener […]
It does! It does grow! I’m so excited I could squeal. (Confession, I did squeal.) It’s not 100%, and I’m still having difficulty with a bed not pictured (which may end up with a bunch of annuals plopped in there, just to avoid the sad stretch of dirt.) But for the first time since moving […]
I’ve been busy all day, cultivating my garden and my people, sometimes simultaneously! I am forever on the lookout for tips to making gardening work with my laissez faire style. And I’ve found some tips, like my ollas and this very cool method of irrigating with wine bottles. But the truth is, all gardening takes […]
My gardening efforts heretofore have been dismal. Mainly, I forget about to water the poor little veggies, and they wilt under the relentless Texas sun. I think my main problem is that I’m not committed to my garden, heart and soul. I want to care enough to go tend it every day, I just… don’t. […]
This year, I’m determined to grow something in my garden, dangit! In Virginia, I’d open my back door sometime in the spring, toss some seeds in the general direction of my small patio garden, and 3 months later start bringing in a respectable harvest. Texas? Texas mocks me. We’re at the front end of a […]