Limited space? Limited time? Try container gardening! If you are as original as these folks you could have quite a unique garden. Whether wine boxes, old dresser drawers or an old tool box where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Look closely… do you see it?
Yeah. That’s weeds.
Got weeds?
I smile to keep from crying.
Link up and share your sob story and discoveries this week!
Home Where We Belong won the the June Giveaway! Just send me your mailing address and I’ll get that out to you!
We’ve been busy picking blueberries, cucumbers and last night we picked a mess of green beans which we’ll be canning today!
Link up or leave a comment and let share what’s going on in your garden!
The blueberries are starting to ripen, Dad picked a few cucumbers this morning and the squash is YUMMY! We enjoyed the best green beans ever on Father’s Day that were the first pickin’s from the garden!
How is your garden doing?
Here is the challenge:
1) Plant something.
From tomatoes to squash, basil to eggplant! If it’s got roots, it counts!*
*Trees excluded for the sake of sanity, thank you for your understanding.
2) Take a picture and post it on your blog, (if you don’t blog send us the picture!) even if it is only one pot. Never despise meager beginnings! Use Linky Tools below to share your garden with the rest of us.
Blog about:
-your experience with past/present gardens or specific plants.
-how you use your harvest (canning, recipes, etc…)
– how you deal/dealt with pest.
-fertilizing, organic alternatives or irrigation methods.
3) Link back to our current From Seeds to Harvest post.
We will post on Fridays about our From Seeds to Harvest Challenge. We will use Mr. Linky so all of you can share your information and we can encourage each other. You may link through Linky Tools or leave a comment at any time during the week. It would be best if we would all chime in at least a couple times a month. Your link must be to your Seeds to Harvest post.
If you don’t want to link up, just leave a comment…I love comments!
Please don’t be embarrassed to post about your dead tomato plant or shriveled lettuce, we can learn from your mistakes and someone may be able to identify your problem! Every good gardener has killed a plant or two in their time!
July through August we will also discuss recipes and preserving, again posting pictures and/or your garden journal, using Linky Tools so we can follow each others progress.
I am in love! Are these not beautiful? I made three yesterday and bought the supplies to make four more this afternoon!
It’s so cute I can’t stand it!
Perfect for those of you who don’t have ‘gardening’ space.
This website has great (i.e. easy) instructions on making your own terrarium: How to Make Terrariums
If you haven’t gotten addicted to pinetrest.com may I suggest doing so? The best website ever for home/gardening/food ideas. It is what started my love affair with terrariums.
If you are serious about keeping a good record, you know, for your grandchildren and such, then you may want to invest in a nice gardeners journal like this one:
(Use this link and support SheConsiders!)
*drumroll*
And now for my favorite part of this challenge…
THE GIVEAWAY!!
This month’s giveaway (well, half of it anyway) is straight from my garden, my blood, sweat and tears and years of agonizing hard work, blisters and callouses. (You better sign up after that intro!)
Chocolate Mint Tea
&
Lindt Lindor Truffles
Oh yeah, who’s yo mama?!
These delicious treats could be yours! All you have to do is link your latest gardening post.
Here is the challenge:
1) Plant something.
From tomatoes to squash, basil to eggplant! If it’s got roots, it counts!*
*Trees excluded for the sake of sanity, thank you for your understanding.
2) Take a picture and post it on your blog, (if you don’t blog send us the picture!) even if it is only one pot. Never despise meager beginnings! Use Linky Tools below to share your garden with the rest of us.
Blog about:
3) Link back to our current From Seeds to Harvest post.
We will post on Fridays about our From Seeds to Harvest Challenge. We will use Mr. Linky so all of you can share your information and we can encourage each other. You may link through Linky Tools or leave a comment at any time during the week. It would be best if we would all chime in at least a couple times a month. Your link must be to your Seeds to Harvest post.
Olivia is out of town this week at a conference, so the only gardening going on around here is dear ol’ Dad keeping everything watered! Although, I (Mom) did pick some of the GORGEOUS red leaf lettuce for our supper last night!!! BUT…I didn’t get a picture of it because ‘someone’ took the batteries out of my camera…………………….girrrls?
Pipe in and let us know how your garden is growing!
Here is the challenge:
1) Plant something.
From tomatoes to squash, basil to eggplant! If it’s got roots, it counts!*
*Trees excluded for the sake of sanity, thank you for your understanding.
2) Take a picture and post it on your blog, (if you don’t blog send us the picture!) even if it is only one pot. Never despise meager beginnings! Use Linky Tools below to share your garden with the rest of us.
Blog about:
3) Link back to our current From Seeds to Harvest post.
We will post on Fridays about our From Seeds to Harvest Challenge. We will use Mr. Linky so all of you can share your information and we can encourage each other. You may link through Linky Tools or leave a comment at any time during the week. It would be best if we would all chime in at least a couple times a month. Your link must be to your Seeds to Harvest post.
If you don’t want to link up, just leave a comment…I love comments!
Please don’t be embarrassed to post about your dead tomato plant or shriveled lettuce, we can learn from your mistakes and someone may be able to identify your problem! Every good gardener has killed a plant or two in their time!
July through August we will also discuss recipes and preserving, again posting pictures and/or your garden journal, using Linky Tools so we can follow each others progress.
At some point in your life you will encounter ants. Unless you live on a spaceship off of Mars or in an underwater bubble like Sandy from Sponge Bob. The question is, what will you do that fateful day when you realize an entirely different species is taking over your turf?
I prefer not dealing with the itchy red spots and mounds of dirt. Here’s what I do about it:
If you’ve tried everything and still have the little pest making your house home, then you might want to try bringing the war to their soil. Find the nest or ant hill, I’ve heard it both ways, and try this:
Because my garden is cursed with poison ivy, it isn’t unusual for me to break out with a rash every now and then. But this time… it’s bad people. I would post a picture but, I love y’all too much.
For proof of that love, I’m going to show you how to beat it.
Remedies:
Hope this helps you become the incredibly smart and resourceful person you always wanted to be.
Just like me…
Kidding.
Sorta.
Moleskin