by Daisy | Sep 5, 2008 | Garden, Garden Hacks
I don’t think a raised vegetable bed is complete without hoops. They provide a neat, removable/interchangeable framework for: plastic sheeting to create greenhouse conditions for germinating seedlings and to guard against cold weather and punishing downpours...
by Daisy | Jul 29, 2008 | Garden, Recipes, Snacks & Sides
The okra has started coming in. Just a handful, I only have a few plants, but I wanted to show them to you. This is the first year I have grown okra. I love fried okra and remember my grandmother and my mother making it in great quantities. We popped them like...
by Daisy | Jul 29, 2008 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
TL, I thought my compost pile needed a little something ‘gourmet’ today, so I jetted down to my favorite free compost store. Now not everyone knows that these folks consider it a part of their corporate “giving back to the community” to...
by Daisy | Jul 29, 2008 | Garden, Intermediate Gardening
Look what I found: It’s top dressing for my 100% trash flower beds. I AM SO EXCITED!!! Here’s how they look right now: My husband might refer to this as Ivory’s Trash Olympics, but others might recognize it as a version of: lasagna gardening, sheet...
