The end of the garden season is always a busy time of year. With children heading back to school and vegetables to harvest from the garden the days are full. While I am busy harvesting it is also the time of year to plant garlic. I find that garlic is one of the more satisfyingContinue reading “My Garden: Time To Plant Garlic”
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My Garden: Heading Into Fall
We’ve had a wet summer, saw this weather map yesterday and it said we’d had over 17″ of rain this summer. No wonder it’s been so humid. I live in that blue space just above the word Vermont! Today brought cooler air and by the end of the week our nights are supposed to beContinue reading “My Garden: Heading Into Fall”
My Garden: Six Tips
Did you ever have one of those weeks where you just can’t seem to catch up? Well I’m having one of those weeks. I had good intentions to get my garlic planted this week and that would be the post for today. However it’s been a busy last ten days with my daughter and herContinue reading “My Garden: Six Tips”
My Garden: The Song Garden
Last week I had the opportunity to visit the most unusual cutting garden called The Song Garden Flower Farm and Tea House of Cornish. You can find more information on their website or their blog. It was a glorious day, perfect for an adventure with a girlfriend. The Song Garden is easy to find andContinue reading “My Garden: The Song Garden”
My Garden: And Then There Were Three
In May we purchased six guinea fowl to help with the bug control in our garden. Almost immediately we lost one. Don’t know what caused the death one day it was fine and the next day it was dead. However the rest of the gunieas continued to thrive and were perfectly content to be raisedContinue reading “My Garden: And Then There Were Three”
My Garden: August Update
The summer seems to by flying by. It has been a challenging growing season this year. First we had an abundance of rain followed by days of extremely hot and humid weather. Currently the weather is beautiful, warm sunny days with cool nights. It’s been perfect weather for haying our field. Despite the varied weather thisContinue reading “My Garden: August Update”
My Garden: Compost Bin Update
Last year we made a wonderful three-bin composter. Over the summer and into the fall we would layer weeds and chicken shavings into the bins. We didn’t spend enough time turning the pile or even paying much attention to the bins. The problem with this is that turning your pile may mean all the differenceContinue reading “My Garden: Compost Bin Update”
My Garden: What To Do With Garlic Scapes?
Toward the end of June – early July is the time to harvest the scapes from your garlic plant. You want the plant to send all of its energy into bulbs not into a flower producing seeds. So you cut the scapes off. They can be used in many ways, you can cut them upContinue reading “My Garden: What To Do With Garlic Scapes?”
My Garden: The Spoon Trick
Today I am sharing a little trick to harvest your herbs! I have a new herb garden this year right outside my kitchen door. Very convenient for me, to say the least. I used to hand pick the herb leaves from their stems, which was slow work and often inefficient. Then I discovered that IContinue reading “My Garden: The Spoon Trick”
My Garden: Rain, Rain Go Away!
It seems like the sun hasn’t shown for weeks! I feel like I’m living in a rain forest. The good news is I don’t have to water. The bad news, the weeds are taking over! Despite all the rain my new herb garden is doing very well. The tomatoes have blossoms! The cucumbers and theContinue reading “My Garden: Rain, Rain Go Away!”
Nancy on the Home Front 