You can do a lot with a little in relation to gardening. Vegetables need 6 or more hours of sun each day. Lettuce, other green veggies and broccoli will survive in light shade. Vegetables also need regular watering. The quickness of their growth depends on it. So you can’t rely on rainfall alone with vegetables…
First, Study Your Space: Before selecting your final plant list, you need to get a sense of your space’s constraints and advantages. A major determining factor is sunlight. Spend a clear day checking on your future garden every hour or two to ascertain which areas receive light and shade as the sun moves across the sky….
I’m cooking a pot roast in the crock pot. The apartment is filled with the aroma. It tastes better if I take it out of the crock pot, and then put it in the Breville for an hour. That somehow makes it more tender. That and some veggies and iced tea will taste good tonight…
I was looking forward to April because after about the 15th, I could get some pretty blooms to fill in where nothing came back from last year. But life always happens. This time vet bills. So I will have to be more prudent.Here’s some of the flowers/plants that worked well for me last year… Just look…
This is a gardening post about the ins and outs of patio gardening that I’m calling Patio Gardening 101. Some of us have to garden on our patios. Whether because of injury, disability, or preference. I’m going to show you various kinds of patio gardens. I have had a patio-only garden for over 7 years…
I’ve definitely got spring fever and can’t wait for it to warm up so that I can get my hands in the dirt. But I know some folks are just starting a garden, and don’t want to spend any more than they have to to get that garden of their dreams. So here are some…