Nosy Neighbor Virtual Homestead & Garden Tour
A tour of our garden; it's surprising how much can grow in such a small space.
Summer Garden 2011; Sometimes Smaller is Better
I’ve written quite a bit over the last 2 years about my garden and specifically about the no-dig gardening method. This year the plan is a little different. I’ll still have a garden, but it will be smaller and use a more traditional…
Winter Garden Update
I’ve never planted vegetables in the winter before. Most of my gardening has been limited to the summer vegetables which splash out and are “easy” to grow; tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, etc. In addition, I’m not a fan of traditional winter vegetables…
Final Update for Summer Garden 2010 & Giveaway Winner
Results of my summer no-dig garden experiment; costs vs yields.
Garden Update; Checking the Yields
It’s nearing the end of the summer and I’m wondering just how much has my garden produced after all the blood, sweat & tears (and water and money) I’ve poured into it. So far, the results have been pretty good (see below). It’s not…
Garden Update; Preserving the Harvest
In a perfect would garden harvest would come in easy amounts, just as you would buy the same food at the grocery store; a few tomatoes every couple of days, one zucchini a week, one eggplant, etc. Real life is…
Garden Update-Have I Won the Battle?
I may not have won the war, but I may have won the battle, at least for now. It seems like my monsters have found other places to dig besides in and around my garden beds. I like to imagine…
Garden Update; Breaking Even with the Monsters
In my previous post about the expense of gardening I know I said I hoped not to have too much more non-plant related expense, but alas, I spoke too soon. The digging of the raccoons got to be detrimental to…