Memorial Day where I live really starts the garden season in full swing. Pretty much everything that hasn’t already been planted gets planted by the first of June. So it is definitely time to get those last minute things in the ground. My deck is loaded with plants still to plant. Many are flowers, but… Read More Garden Update 5/29/18
We were out of town almost all week. We were travel schooling and tagged along on one of my husband’s work trips, which is one of the perks of homeschool. Grandpa and Grandma babysat the plants for us. When we got home, everything looked pretty good! Outside… The peas are growing nicely. I put some… Read More Garden Update 5/21/18
It was a very rainy week this past week and we got some hail, which damaged some of the more tender plants and knocked down some of the flowers, but overall it looks beautiful and green out there and the weather is definitely warming up. Outside… The peas are doing well, and the herb bed… Read More Garden Update 5/14/18
Everything is beautiful this time of year and everything is starting to really grow. Outside… Outside many of the flowers are starting to bloom. The flower beds are looking gorgeous. Here is a shot of the progress on the seedlings. More flowers that have sprouted. The sunflowers have been moved closer and out of… Read More Garden Update 5/7/18
I was in San Diego for most of last week and so I missed gardening this week. I did plant a few carrots when I returned. But for the most part, it was a slow garden week. Outside… Outside I have planted a few carrots and some beets in the main garden. There are a… Read More Garden Update 4/30/18
The last two days we have hit about 60 degrees F. by late afternoon and things are starting to happen in the garden! We have had a really long winter season this year. On April 9 there was literally a foot of snow still on the raised garden beds. On April 20, the snow was… Read More Garden Update 4/23/18
So it seems that everyone, everywhere, is posting pictures of green grass and flowers poking through the soft, springtime dirt… except me. This is what my garden beds look like. Yes, that is a raised garden bed. In the spring. This photo was taken yesterday, March 27. Last year on March 31, I planted peas,… Read More The Winter that Will Not Die
It has begun. 🙂 The slightly warmer air temperatures combined with a taste of sunshine is starting to work and is bringing the plants slowly out of their dark winter beds. The daffodils are peeking up through the pine needle mulch and some unknown flowers are also pushing up. Last weekend we put up the… Read More Spring Things
I came on the blog and realized that I hadn’t posted the wrap up for end of 2015. So here it is, probably more for my records than anything else. It is really important to keep a journal of sorts of what you did and how everything grew so you don’t repeat mistakes and so… Read More Garden Wrap Up October 2015
It is almost that time…the true planting date for our area! This quick reference frost chart gives you a pretty good idea of when that will be in some major U.S. cities. Our date is May 10 according to the chart. That’s an average, remember. But it is a pretty close guess. In the Boise,… Read More Garden Update and What is Coming Up Next