April 15th
Just a few pictures: The Bird Food Theif Sugar Snap Peas Puck watching his garden grow
April Flowers
March showers bring…daffodils and a flowering plum tree! Our Nichols Plum Tree exploded this morning with beautiful flowers. I was looking back on previous posts, and when we planted the tree in 2010,... Read More
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Puck is sporting his green collar today!
Puck and the Giant Mound of Dirt
In April, 2010 we ordered two truck loads of compost from a company in Elk River, Minnesota. They helped the garden quite a bit. This fall, Chris decided to order three more... Read More
Sunflowers
We only have a few opening up right now, because we planted most of our sunflowers to bloom in September. Sometimes I wish I lived in a warmer place, just so I... Read More
Tomorrow… Tomatoes.
Today… here’s Puck: Checking things out. He stays in the paths (mostly). “Broccoli…. cauliflower… kohlrabi! My FAVORITE!!” Enjoying his garden We’re finally seeing spring days in the 60s and 70s, with beautiful... Read More
Signs of Spring
Before the weekend, we still had 6″ of snow covering the ground. It’s amazing how fast things change this time of year! Of course, CBS says that we may see 3-5″ of... Read More
Purple Sprouting Broccolli is Sprouting
I grew some Purple Sprouting Broccoli last year, but, just as I feared, it never made any of its famed, delicious broccoli heads. It did grow to be quite the plant. So... Read More
Puck Loves Gardening
He also is really good about staying in the garden paths. Here he’s found a small patch of shade from the arbor.
Puck Helping Out in the Garden
I admit this is tangenitally related to gardening, but here is puck (I couldn’t get much of a picture). When both Puck and me are outside I’ll leave the fence gate open... Read More