New Year, new garden. Time to crank out those January gardening tasks! As it turns out, the seasons here are quite busy September/November and January/February. I learned the hard way last year that if you don’t pretty much finish your spring and summer gardening to-dos by about Valentine’s Day, your goose is cooked. Or rather,Continue reading “The Day Is Finally Here!”
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January Task List For The Garden
Here’s what I’m doing this month I’m using a month by month gardening book and taking notes! These are the tasks I’m doing this month: Later, I added: Whew, there’s a lot to do!
What I Learned About Gardening In The Desert In 2022… And One Thing I’m Still Figuring Out
My garden had some ups and downs this year! Read on for a list of what I learned. I’ll be the first to admit I still have no idea what I am doing. It’s all an experiment! The biggest challenge that I’m still figuring out is what to plant in the raised garden beds myContinue reading “What I Learned About Gardening In The Desert In 2022… And One Thing I’m Still Figuring Out”
2022 Harvest Report
The numbers are in! Drumroll please… I harvested exactly 6 tomatoes and 9 radishes. This is a record at my house! It may not seem like much but I’m thrilled considering my goal was to stick some seeds in the ground with my kid and have something green pop up. I’m excited to see whatContinue reading “2022 Harvest Report”
Christmas Eve In The Garden
It won’t be a white Christmas but we’ve got plenty of living green things to look at!
Stopping By To Smell The Flowers
My son and I went to the civic park in Palm Desert today. He’s always loved the rose garden there and today was no different. I will add that we had a bee landing on us that wouldn’t leave the stroller alone so we did a second stroll amongst the roses to deposit the beeContinue reading “Stopping By To Smell The Flowers”
Gardening Joy!
There’s nothing like being pleasantly surprised by something you can harvest and eat from your own garden! My husband has been so helpful with the garden. Watering when I’m too tired, putting up with my plant purchases, and building and doing the things that are “man” jobs. Sure, I can do all this myself butContinue reading “Gardening Joy!”
Summer/Fall Garden Update
I think it’s time to throw in the trowel. My once cute little secret garden full of promising sprouts has been decimated by heat and wind. I haven’t updated my blog in a while because I felt so discouraged. All that hard work. All that getting up early and watering in my pajamas, for this.Continue reading “Summer/Fall Garden Update”
Caught Red Handed
I finally figured out what’s eating my petunias. This little green eating machine was caught red handed while I was deadheading the blooms. I’m not sure if he’s friend or foe but I left him alone with his meal, just in case.
We have a pumpkin blossom!
Hoping for a jack-o-lantern this fall!
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