Space: Do you have the space to put in a garden. Of course, if you aren’t blessed with much of a yard or if yours is filled up with a pool, or the kids trampoline, or whatever else, there are many many books and blog posts written about container gardening. If you want to do…
So, I planted Spaghetti Squash this weekend. It’s a winter squash, right? Well it turns out that this squash needs a long time of warm weather to mature. Oh well..this is Texas…we’ll see what happens. Winter doesn’t get really bad here until January. Even then, “really bad” is somewhat relative. I have this square bed…
How are you doing during this crazy, generation defining time? As for me, I still work full time. My husband and I own a retail, brick and mortar travel agency. This has been my career for more than half of my life. We have built our company through so many challenges. We were here when…
Gardens make you more mindful. When you’re outside pulling weeds you can only go so fast. You can’t text, or Facebook or send an email. You can listen to a podcast though, which is great. :-). Being outside tending to your garden on a regular basis also makes you more mindful of the seasons. Something…
I have been feeling for a while that the next frontiers in gardening for me are record keeping and planning. I feel like better planning will allow me to make better use of the space I have to grow. Better record keeping will help me make better improvements year over year as I will more…
This is a picture of my plot at the community garden at my kid’s school. As you can see, it goes along the fence that separates the garden from the soccer fields. Our school does a great job at keeping those soccer fields looking just beautiful. The grass stays very healthy and tends to send…
