by plantgirl on December 30, 2008
Thought I’d update again - my sfg boxes are buried in snow but several birds are still feeding from the remnants of the sunflowers. My roses are skeletal and wild looking. Christmas was wonderful and went by way too fast!!!
My experience with organic gardening this year was a learning experience. I found I like it - but it isn’t for a lazy gardener. I realized it takes more research, dedication and work than spraying a few chemicals on - but the results are safer (of course), better tasting, and somehow more rewarding.
Some pros of organic gardening: [click to continue...]
by plantgirl on December 17, 2008
It’s been forever since I updated … grr …
I was reminiscing about strawberries a few days ago - you know, the real kind. The family went to a local chocolate shop - V Chocolates, my favorite, and got some chocolate covered strawberries. The chocolate was amazing, rich, belgian chocolate - but the strawberry was just bland. I started to think about my home grown strawberries and how I hadn’t dipped them in chocolate - or really done anything except eat them straight off the plant because I didn’t have enough ripe at the same time. That’s when I realized I wanted an entire 4×4 devoted to strawberries - maybe 2 4×4s. [click to continue...]
