It’s mid-summer and my garden is busy growing – but nothing like I planned. Reading New Vegetable Garden, (a prior post) might give more insight into my madness. Auspicious beginnings By mid-April, I had planted all of my babies and was anxiously awaiting the bounty harvest. As planned, I purchased six strawberry plants with the
Sitting idly on my back porch on Saturday evening, a crazy idea idea popped into my head: Would Hazel and Robbie like to plant a pumpkin patch? Excited, I immediately dashed a text off to Annie: If you have time tomorrow, I’d like to bring over the makings for a pumpkin patch – a small
My morning tea comes with an inspiring tag. Sometimes a game-changer. Taking a break for a month long cruise with Marie in January left me in a quandary about what to do next. Not just tomorrow – for the rest of my life. At 83, I’m in excellent health, I have a great marriage and
Last fall after watching https://www.bluezones.com/documentary/The Blue Zones, I was inspired to start a vegetable garden – something I’d never done in my more than 80 years. Here’s the beginning: The next step was deciding what to plant and where, using the Garden Planner app from The Farmer’s Almanac. The ground was still too cold for
