And so we enter what is supposed to be yet ANOTHER record-breaking summer of heat in the ATX. We are lucky to have a few mature trees shading our house and yard so hopefully my garden will continue to survive with regular waterings. Things are certainly a-growing around here. My blackberry plant needs something to [...]
I know I haven’t posted much about it except for some hints about Jude helping me with the dirt, but I am still gardening. We built a new 4×12 garden bed so I could really plant some tomatoes this year! It was a pretty cheap bed to build – I just bought two 12′ lengths [...]
November 19, 2010 – 8:00 am
Even thought we are entering fall here in Austin (and yes, it actually has FELT like fall this year!), my garden is still doing a little producing. My peppers are very happy and I rescued these bells from a branch that had fallen off. I placed them in my window sill and they rewarded me [...]
October 11, 2010 – 8:00 am
It’s taken long enough at this new house, but we finally started our compost pile. Hooray! I feel so much better about our kitchen scraps going back into our garden than sitting in a landfill. We ended up getting this nifty 90 gallon plastic bin from Overstock.com that nicely conceals that compost. I’m hoping to do [...]
August 30, 2010 – 12:42 pm
My poor little garden got a bit out of control. Part of it was the heat and part of it was that I didn’t prune anything. I did learn that the small varieties of tomatoes do not have a maximum size – they will keep growing until the season is done. They try to take [...]
This is what happens when you don’t realize that your cucumber plant is fruiting. The cucumber turns yellow, gets all fat and becomes inedible. Almost like it’s taunting you a little bit for not paying closer attention.
My little blackberry plant produced it’s first ripe blackberry! And it was delicious! Can’t wait for more.
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