The Dirty Life....

Hello garden gals and guys! My blog is about all things farming, so I thought I'd share a book that I read today. It's c…

Oh No she DIDN'T!!!!!

So...I blog pretty regularly here. If you've ever read one of my posts you may have noticed that I end each blog with either…

Now the real fun begins!

Well, there I am! Tilling my garden. I don't normally advocate tilling, but so many weeds had grown in my garden that it …

Up from the ashes!!!

It's been a while since my last blog. This past weekend was a busy weekend for my garden and, as promised, I am writing to…

It's transfer time....again.

Ah, it's good to be back! I haven't posted for two weeks. My seedlings are growing very nicely. I had to transfer my …

Minty fresh!!!

I decided to try and grow my favorite plant from seed this year: chocolate mint. The seeds looked li…

Spreading my roots

Yes, the time has come to move on....into bigger pots, that is. My little baby seedlings have matured quite a bit. I had to t…

The world according to Mike McGrath

This past Saturday was one of the most exhilarating experiences of my garden career! I got to meet Mike McGrath , host of the n…

The Seeds are coming! The seeds are coming!

Ahhhh......the growing season is almost upon us! It is officially here for me as I just ordered some of the seeds that I will be…

Companion Planting: Space Saving at its Finest

When you think of saving space in the garden do you have the health of your plants in mind? When I first started using various s…

What becomes of the broken garden?

The worst snow storm on record. I was ready. Went out and got plenty of groceries (I was all out so I wasn't going just for…

When tomato met basil

My first garden was a mixture of a garden plot and container plants. I didn't have enough room to plant everything that I wa…

Garden Giddy

As the end of January approaches and I continue to drool over my seed catalogs that are coming in two by two each day in the mail…