I keep meaning to post updates on how well our raised bed gardens are doing, but by the time I get around to it, they’ve grown again! It’s been almost a month since we filled them with manure, and about three weeks since we started planting the seeds and plants. With the hot humid temperatures and rainy . . . → Read More: Our Raised Bed Gardens are growing! 
Last Saturday we finally located a wonderful source of material to fill our raised beds with. My aunt and uncle sent me to a nice man who has been composting his horse manure for over twenty years! We hooked on to the trailer and drove the 10 miles out to his farm to load up. We truly couldn’t have found . . . → Read More: Filling our raised bed gardens with horse manure 
Since this is the first year that we are trying the Square foot gardening method in our new raised beds, I wanted to make sure that I had a good plan in place. Usually I graph out our large gardens on graph paper in long rows of vegetables. Using this new method, each . . . → Read More: My raised bed Garden Plan – 2011 
This year was going to be the year that I said the heck with it and didn’t have a garden. That lasted about 2 weeks then I knew I was just kidding myself! A garden is a MUST for us! We need to be able to eat fresh green onions, cherry tomatoes, and have plants to tend over the summer. What we . . . → Read More: Building raised bed gardens for our veggies! 
Our little vegetable garden is doing fairly well this year. I have half heartedly been planting one since we moved 2 years ago. The soil at our old house was just the way I wanted it and practically weed free since I amended it and took care of it for so many years. I am disgusted . . . → Read More: A Veggie Harvest 
I tried, but I could not wait any longer for my zucchini to grow big enough. I bought one from the local farm stand instead I have been craving Fried Zucchini! It’s a summer treat! This recipe is pretty darn good! I adapted from one I found on Allrecipes.com (my go-to place for recipe searches). If you have . . . → Read More: Fried Zucchini 
This is a great freebie that you can feel good about! Join the hunt for bees in The Great Sunflower Project! They will send you a free packet of sunflower seeds and a simple form. Plant your seeds then watch and record the bees you see on your Lemon Queen sunflowers! You can mail the form back to . . . → Read More: The Great Sunflower Project 
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By Henrietta - admin, on June 6th, 2011% 
