I admit it, I am SO not ready for winter. You wouldn’t be if you lived in the snow belt either… all the cold winter days spent snow blowing through drifts that go up to your waist. But I am enjoying the stunningly beautiful fall colors that come with the season that ushers in […]
Last Year’s Deck Garden
Are you enjoying gardening season? After a long frigid winter, I am positively reveling in summer weather! Our deck garden is coming along nicely and I can’t wait until everything fills in and plants start really producing. A reader emailed asking if I gave a garden tour last year. Well it turns out that I […]
Garden Fever Prt. 3: Building Raised Sub-Irrigation Beds
Why Raised? Why Sub-Irrigated?Do you really have to ask? My raised beds sit on my deck and are as work-free as a garden can get! They are self watering, requiring a refill once every two months, and they help extend my summer planting season. Oh, and as for weeding, well…what weeding? *swoon* I love my […]
Garden Fever Prt.1: Starting Seedlings
It is definitely spring, and I’ve got garden fever! Yep, it is that time of year when I have gardening dreams of grandeur. And every year my plans fail miserably as I struggle to keep my unruly garden plot. Well this year I’ve decided to try something a little different… a minimal work deck garden! […]
