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Spring Vegetables

A Good Head Start We installed a cold frame in our vegetable garden in order to have some fresh vegetables in winter.  We did get some cold loving vegetables like Chinese Broccoli, Swiss chard, kale, carrots and mustard greens.   Several times the vegetables inside wilted from the cold when we couldn’t get access.  In the middle of winter when snow piled two feet up … Continue reading Spring Vegetables

P&BMay 7, 2018May 7, 20182 Comments
Vegetables & Herbs

Maximizing Space

Growing Vertically We devote only a small part of our backyard for vegetable gardening and I’m always looking for a way to add more plants and increase productivity in the existing space.  Though we have put a deer fence up around our backyard, we still have to put a low fence around the vegetable garden.  If we don’t, there would be nothing left.  Deer cannot … Continue reading Maximizing Space

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Benefits Of A Cold Frame

Early Bounty We set up a cold frame for the first time last autumn but it didn’t do much for us this winter because we installed it so late in the season.   However, it provided us with a place to start our vegetables early.  The seeds were sown in March when some days were still hovering around 20ºF here.  We were able to pick our first salad of … Continue reading Benefits Of A Cold Frame

P&BMay 1, 20142 Comments
Vegetables & Herbs

Spring Vegetable Garden

Sprouting Time After a long wait for fresh backyard salad, I can hardly stop myself from sowing seeds in the vegetable garden.  As soon as the soil softens, judged by seeing weeds coming up, I put Arugula, Radish (Cherry Belle and French Breakfast), Pak choi, Mizuna, Kale, Swiss chard, Scallion, Lettuce, and Broccoli Raab in.   The arugula is always the first to come up. I also … Continue reading Spring Vegetable Garden

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Looking forward to eating these berries and Mars grapes but I have to fend off all the critters in the neighborhood. They already robbed me of my white mulberry. #berries #blueberry #raspberries #raspberry #grapes #marsgrapes #fruit #seedlessgrapes #growyourownfood #growyourownfruit #backyardgarden #groworganicfruits #backyardfruit #growyourownberries #goldenraspberries
These Silky Dogwoods (Cornus amomum) planted themselves in our garden. I thought they were white Dogwood (Cornus Florida)at first since the leaves look similar and we have that type of dogwood in our garden. But when these volunteers flowered with a cluster of tiny, fragrant flowers on the tip of the branch. I had to look them up.
Eden rose and Betty Corning clematis used to grow on the same trellis. As a companion planting recommendation goes, rose and clematis are perfect for each other. But in my case Betty has grown so large and overwhelmed Eden each season. So I separated them this year, each one has their own trellis but still right next to each other. Eden seems happier than the previous year. #rose #roses #clematis #edenrose #vine #bettycorningclematis #climbingrose #backyardgarden #companionplanting #rosegarden #perennialgarden #perennials #rosecompanions #rosecompanionplants #organicrose #organicgarden
White Bitter melons are growing fast one they got some rain and hot temperature. I grow this white ones for the first time this season. Hopefully, the fruits are as bitter as the green version. #bittermelon #melon #vegetables #vegetablegarden #backyardgarden #organicvegetables #growyourownfood #bittermelonplant #bittermelonseedlings #bitterfruit #growyourownveggies #medicinalplants #growyourownbittermelon #whitebittermelon
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‘Lawrence of Arabia’ - a desert sunset colored rose survived being cut to the ground by mistake. It sprouted back and is blossoming now. #rose #roses #lawrenceofarabiarose #rebloomrose #backyardgarden #fragrantrose #rosegarden #growingroseorganically #organicrose #shrubrose

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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Peony
Honeybee on Black-eyed susan
Honeybee on Black-eyed susan
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Morning glory
Morning glory
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Woodland phlox
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Sweet pea-King Tut
Sweet pea-King Tut
Geranium 'Tango Violet', though the flower has no scent, it has very striking color
Geranium ‘Tango Violet’, though the flower has no scent, it has very striking color
A full bowl of fresh picked jasmine
A full bowl of fresh picked jasmine
Honeybee on Summersweet
Honeybee on Summersweet
Rose 'MM. Isaac'
Rose ‘MM. Isaac’
Blue Jay
Blue Jay
Cuckoo bee resting on Rudbeckia 'Prairie Glow'
Cuckoo bee resting on Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’
Crocus-dark purple
May 10-All five eggs have hatched
May 10-All five eggs have hatched
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Tuberrose
Male Northern Cardinal in the rose bush
Male Northern Cardinal in the rose bush
Mason bee on Yarrow
Mason bee on Yarrow
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This one taking nectar from Zinnia
This one taking nectar from Zinnia
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