I planted cabbage seeds in the front herb garden this week I bought a garden bed from Walmart a couple of weeks ago, on sale for $10!! I’ve wanted to set it up for a while now, but we’ve had so little rain that I’m sure my unbroken ground will be as hard as cement … Read more
I just won an auction on ebay (as the only bidder) for 10 wintergreen boxwoods I’ll be using to create a hedge across my front yard. I’ll line the street with the boxwoods, which should only get about 4′ high, stay evergreen and help define the perimeter of the yard. I’d like to create kind … Read more
The replacement zucchini plants are coming up (in the three empty spaces between the basil) and my basil is looking GREAT! Time for pesto, people! Broccoli is finally getting a head on it. I wonder if I’ll be able to catch it when it gets big, but not too big, and before it flowers. I … Read more
A New Beginning I pulled all three of the zucchini plants today when I harvested one from the surviving plant and found the wiggling butt of a borer hanging out of the fruit. Damn. Son of a…. That’s IT! I pulled all three. Got all the squash leaves, flowers and roots out of the bed … Read more
Two of my Zucchini Plants are Finished I went out to check the garden this morning and besides the weeds taking over the pathways, I was disappointed to see that 2 of my zucchini’s have been ravaged by what I assume are squash borers. They were the weakest of the three plants, but come on!! … Read more
The little jerk. I picked off all the flowers for the first 3 months. I put chicken wire over the top of the patch to keep the damn bluejays away. And now THIS. Bah. The little creep. I hope the seeds get stuck in his teeth.
I’m pretty new at this, have I said that before? Last year I used some miracle grow granular plant food around my foundation gardens and that’s as far as I got – but this year I really wanted to try staying away from the chemical products. I’ve got my compost bins going, but I wanted … Read more
This is where all the digging I did in the spring pays off. In the pictures I took 1 month ago, my tiny seedlings are just showing the promise of the veggies, fruit and flowers to come, but in JUNE – you can go out and measure INCHES of new growth every day. The pole … Read more
The part of horseradish that we eat is so aggressively strong, I never expected the plant to be as lovely as it is. Horseradish flowers (pictured here) are so insistently cheerful in the spring and the upright leaves create a pleasing arrangement, right out of the ground. It’s such a sturdy and beautiful plant. We … Read more
Memorial Day Weekend is the official start of summer here at the Jersey Shore. The weather stood up and took notice this weekend too, we had some rain this week but today was a beach day for sure. I took some pictures on the 28th and then a few more today of the flowers and … Read more