The 2012 gardening season has officially begun. This morning I put the sweet potatoes in the glasses so that would produce striplings from last year’s potatoes. This is a first. Hope it works.
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The Potatoes That Strip
Posted in Gardening on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Yellow Rose of Sumac
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am posting a few pictures of our Yellow Lady Banksia Rose just because I think the pictures are pretty, except for the caterpillar. It isn’t pretty yet.
The Backyard Garden
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The backyard garden, which was once shared by cucumbers and tomatoes now contains five cucumber plants of the vining variety, one bush cucumber, one zucchini squash, one yellow winter squash, four strawberry plants, four lettuce plants, and eight sweet potato plants. They were also planted on April 4, 2011.
The New Tomato Patch
Posted in Gardening on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I moved the tomatoes from the back yard to a new patch in the side yard this year. Last year, the tomatoes were a major disappointment. The fruit was small and didn’t ripen correctly. A lot of people whom I talked with had the same problem, but they blamed it on the heat and sporadic [...]
Update on Geoffrey
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Four years ago, Kathy and I purchased a concrete statue from one of the garden centers here in Augusta. I was enrolled in a college Chaucer class at the time, and it reminded me of Chaucer. It wasn’t until I had manhandled it into position near the pond that I realized that the figure was [...]
The Replanted Perennial Garden
Posted in Gardening on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kathy replanted the perennial garden this year. She mixed seeds of Black-Eyed Susans , Shasta Daisy Alaska, Carnation, Cosmos Sensation Mix, Cosmos Seashells Mix, Coreopsis Sunray, and Zinnia (even though it is an annual).
Canning and Pickling Day 2010
Posted in Food, Gardening on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, Kathy made the annual vegetable run to the downtown Augusta farmer’s market. Proudly wearing her mantle as “Favorite Customer of 2009,” she soon palavered her way into a 3/4 box of squash, a bushel box of green beans, and a 20 pound box of cucumbers. I completed the vegetable buying by purchasing 8# [...]
