gardening

• July 2, 2012

  Squishing the Squash Bug

  I have squash growing in my garden this year.  I’m not sure what type, though.  They’re volunteers of sorts, though I really hoped they’d be there.  Last year, after Halloween, I discarded all of our pumpkins and various squash and gourds into my garden to see what would happen.  I had quite a variety last…

• June 27, 2012

  Cooking with Swiss Chard

  I decided to grow Swiss chard in my garden this year.  I’m not exactly sure why, but I think this is what happened: I went to the farmer’s market sometime last summer and was lured in by the bright stalks of the multi-colored Swiss chard one of the vendors was selling.  It was so pretty…

• May 21, 2012

  What's New in the Garden…Since Yesterday!

  When I come home from work in the evening I like to take a stroll through my garden.  I find it relaxing and peaceful and fun.  I say that as if I actually had a large garden to spend time walking through — my garden area consists of a path about 20 feet long, leading…

• May 12, 2012

  May Gardening Update

  At mid-May I would say that my garden this year is well beyond where it was last year at this time. Certainly, my perennial garden has progressed much differently.  I think all of my tulips came in May last year, but this year they’ve been gone for a couple of weeks now!  Sadly, that means…

• March 30, 2012

  Spring Flowers and Planting

  I have been thoroughly enjoying the mild March we’ve had this year.  I say mild, but what I really mean is HOT!  Not only has it not been cold, but we had a couple of weeks of 70-80 degree temperatures.  That’s weather we’re lucky to get in July!  Needless to say, I’ve spent some time…

• March 17, 2012

  Getting an Early Start on Gardening

  I was planning on the beginning of March be the start of my gardening season—meaning, I would start some seeds indoors to be transplanted into my garden after a couple months.  I did start some seeds: tomatoes and several types of peppers.  I also put some lettuce seeds in a container, to hopefully get an…

• February 3, 2012

  Groundhog Day: Ramblings on Weather and Gardening

  If a gardener sees her shadow… it must already be spring! Today is Groundhog Day.  Today, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning that we have six more weeks of winter.  I have to say, I always found the workings and presumptions behind Groundhog Day to be a bit perplexing.  Never mind the fact that we’re…

• September 21, 2011

  A Garden Dinner

  I’m not yet to the point of growing enough in my garden to make a whole meal out of only home-grown foods, but I do love it when I can incorporate veggies from my garden as a main part of my dinner.  Last week I tried something new: homemade spaghetti sauce.  For some reason, I…

• August 5, 2011

  Gardening Update: Woes and Foes

  Well, I’m finally back at home for a while after about a month of travel and vacations.  By “home” I mean that I have been at work and meetings and hanging out with seemingly long lost friends for the past few days.  I don’t want you to think that I’ve actually attempted to catch up…

• July 20, 2011

  Turkey Zucchini Pasta

  /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} It’s that time of year again: zucchini season.  Last year was my first attempt to garden and grow vegetables, and zucchini was one of the veggies I chose.  The plants…