Posts Tagged ‘veggies’

Hand-Pollinating Pumpkins

I learned how to hand-pollinate pumpkins! The bees have been increasing but we’re not the sort to leave anything to chance, and when you’re looking for a reason to play in the dirt, you take what you can get. Even if it means feeling a bit pervy. Justin has been reading from Seed to Seed: [...]

Carrots! Finally!

Justin and I were outside talking over yard plans and inspecting the sad shape of our grapevine (if you can call it that anymore). I was telling him we need to move the 2×2 SFG boxes out of the tortoise habitat and we were trying to figure out what to do with them when I [...]

I *heart* dirt

Can you blame me for tossing the spade aside and digging with my fingers? Can you blame me for 689248 photos taken of my precious seedlings, now firmly planted in the raised bed? Can you blame me for the giddy feeling that came over me when I found tiny little buds on my fruit trees? [...]