On the left side of the sanity bell curve
Last year’s garden was all that awesome. The soil an idiot at Lowe’s recommended to me was essentially softwood and “wood products” mulch which caused weird deficiencies in the plants and when paired with me planting all of my seedlings too early…well… Eventually the garden got its act together and the plants started to rally;… Continue reading The 2013 Garden Update: Not As Lame As You’re Expecting
2012 has come to a close and now we’re on to 2013. I can vividly remember it being 1990. I feel quite old all of a sudden. We’ve been in the house a year now. Cara started school. Tucker’s almost done with his. I got offered a job. I found my biological mother and siblings.… Continue reading My Favorite Posts on Taste Like Crazy from 2012
The garden has become somewhat of an epic fail. Correction: what’s doing awesome is REALLY doing awesome and what’s sucking is REALLY sucking. The purple basil is something I’m proud of. I managed to raise one plant from seed and the second plant came from me pruning the first. I don’t use this type in… Continue reading Garden Update Bug Edition
That was the last–and first–picture taken of this cute, little caterpillar before I tossed the bastard over the fence; dude had the nerve to eat up on one of my onions. He’s lucky I didn’t smush him into greenish-grey oblivion like I did his/her cousin/sibling/relative. Stay out of my garden!
Other than some thyme, basil and five pea pods, radishes seem to be the only thing I’ve managed to grow–and harvest–with somewhat reliable success. I put them in the measuring cup with water because I wasn’t quite ready to break the news to them that they were heading for my salad; I took that picture… Continue reading Garden Update 50 Bajillion Million!
It’s been about a month since I last wrote about my garden and it’s time to give you an update. Between the last time and now, I’ve managed to kill several plants but keep most of them alive. I’ve started looking at more seeds since my goal is to keep growing through the seasons. Tucker… Continue reading In My Garden
My peas and scarlet runner beans have shamed me into admitting that, when the package says to “direct sow”, I shouldn’t ignore the instructions and start the seeds inside. The reason? Cause the fuckers will TAKE OVER. Every day, I’d take the seed container down and check if more seeds had sprouted and the kids… Continue reading My Seedlings Can Eat Your Seedlings’ Brains…If They Have Brains Which Would Be Scary As Hell
Remember when I wrote that post about being obsessed with gardening and I even made a spanking new category especially for the new obsession? Wondering why I’ve only posted four things since I announced the new category? Um…well…everything died. How’s that for sucktastic? I’m not exactly sure what happened though I highly suspect it had… Continue reading Garden Redux, Yo
When I first started thinking about having a garden at our new house, I imagined fertile, black soil. I imagined cool breezes with just enough sun to warm your skin. What I never got around to imagining was hard, red clay and days straight with no sun and potting soil stuffed so far up under… Continue reading Fields & Lane Forester Gardening Glove Review and Giveaway!
One of the things I was most excited about when I planned on starting a garden was getting the kids involved. Caroline and Oliver will eat vegetables but both kids would much rather the vegetables be covered in cheese and, while cheese IS quite yummy, the cheese tends to cancel out the healthful benefits of… Continue reading The Kids’ Gardens Win the Garden Sprouting Contest
I was talking with Heather earlier and she mentioned she had #HomeChat coming up tonight on Twitter and I inquired as to what these homechatters would be discussing. Raw foods. Hold on, here. Raw? People aren’t supposed to eat raw bacon. Doesn’t Heather Solos know this?! Now this is funny to me but Heather will be… Continue reading Raw Food Recipe: Avocado and Rainbow Swiss Chard Salad
