Garden Update

I haven't done a garden update in forever. Probably because I haven't had a garden in a while. Here are my sprouts. 

Another thing happened in the garden today. The best way to describe it is to share an email I sent to my husband today:

"Ok....wildlife hates me. After sowing some seeds inside, I ventured outside to see how things are going out there. I turned the compost and pulled out the old plants from the veggie garden. Man, there are a TON of weeds in there:-( I would LOVE to get a hold of that this year. Anyway, I tried to turn the soil and there was no way. Rock solid. Then, I turned my attention to the peonies. I thought I could get a jump on spring cleaning by pulling those out too. I mean, the veggies came out really easily. And I thought, I could pull them before the new stuff starts to come up. Well, I took one pull and out popped...a bunny!!! I screamed like someone was stabbing me repeatedly! I am sure the neighbors love it when I go outside because it is so entertaining. I went directly inside to pull the crap out of my pants and I am done for today. ##%^^^& bunnies!!!"

Nice.

Herbs for the Holiday

Did you forget to plant your herbs for your holiday dishes? Me too! But no fear, Woodman's has a poultry pack for $1.99 and parsley for $.99. So, for under $3 and some old spice bottles, you can have this display:

I think that my table is going green this year. Lining these up down the middle will be perfect!!! Way cheaper than a centerpiece from the florist:-)

Processing Tomatoes

I wonder how many of these....

...will come out of my 55 tomato harvest?? Today, we will see:-)

The Frost is Coming...

...so, I had to pull my tomato crop! 55 tomatoes!! They aren't ready yet but hopefully, they will ripen on the counter so, I will be able to can them this week:-)

Saving Roses During a Remodel

As part of the remodel, I had to dig up two of my gardens. I experienced physical pain ripping my babies from the earth. I wanted to keep everything but the repairs are going to take me well into October. They will not have a chance to reestablish before the ground freezes. So, I have to stash some in my veggie garden over the winter. Here is how I did it:

1. Dig a hole:

2. Fertilize the hole:

3. Fill the hole with water:

4. Put the rose in the hold and pack with dirt:

5. Water well and keep watering well for the first two weeks. This will help everyone settle in.

Wish me luck:-)

Prolific Grape Vines

Ok...I tried to kill the old grape vines however, it just won't go swiftly into the night. So, I decided to go with it and root it and here is what happened after only 2 days!!!

Maybe these will take off better than my new ones:-)

Lilacs Are My Favorite

I even had them in my wedding bouquet! Happy Anniversary Honey! Eight great years and counting:-)

Playing along with Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Wordful Wednesday on parenting By dummies:-)

New Grape Vines

I can't wait for this to cover my pergola this summer:-)

Happy Daffodils

Here's what's blooming in my garden today:-)

Indoor Garden

I am getting all my spring plants ready to go back outside:

Now, it just has to warm up!!!

More Signs of Spring!

Keep them coming!!!

Playing along with Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Wordful Wednesday on parenting By dummies:-)

Hope Springs Eternal

In direction contrast to yesterday's post:


I celebrate my first signs of spring peaking out:-)

Have You Started Sowing?

With all my baking these last couple months, I haven't even started thinking about my outdoor garden!! Yikes!!! I had better get going!

Holy Blizzard Batman!!

That's from inside my garage!! You can't even tell that fence hold pots of beautiful flowers in the summer. Where are they?!!!

I Am Testing

I am testing my seeds today to make sure they are viable for sowing.


If you want to know how to test your own seeds, check out this post:

http://susieshomemade.blogspot.com/2010/01/testing-garden-seeds.html

Speaking of Blow...

My transformer on my giant grow light in my nursery blew!!! I hope my plants can wait for the new one to get here!!

Winter Parsley?

Riddle me this...

Why is all my indoor parsley dead while my outdoor garden has parsley alive and well under snow?

White Christmas in the Making

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Holiday Lights

After years of pleading from my youngest, we finally gave in and put lights on the outside of our house:

I am actually really glad because I think it looks good! Very festive:-)

Christmas Cactus

This is what my Christmas cactus looked like last year:



It does not look like that this year:-(