Annual Garden Panic, Perennially

As usual for May, we are out in the garden trying to do ten things at once. I did get organized before the mad rush started, by d…

A Garden Update

It's been a while since I reported on the garden; I've been too busy doing the actual gardening. In particular, our tomat…

Y'Know...

... last year at this time it was cold as hell and we had a foot of snow (and would for some weeks yet). People were skiing. I wa…

Latest Garden Report - Transplanting Tomato Seedlings

I knew Mr. Ferdzy couldn't bring himself to compost all the extra tomato seedlings that came up and that we would end up wit…

Okay, I'm Going to Call It...

... that the red-winged blackbirds are back. It's been funny this year; usually they are not here one day and then the next d…

First Seedlings Are Up!

Woooooh, what a difference in our seed-starting over last year after only one week. We decided to heat the room they are in to 70…

Planting Season Begins This Week!

All our seeds are now here, except for a couple that are on back-order. That's them, spread out on the kitchen table. Stuffed…

Seed Catalogue Season Coming Up...

So here it is, barely 2010 and already I am hitting the seed catalogues. I don't know about you, but I have pretty much given…