The people who know me best know that I can be a little, well…. scatterbrained. Not all the time. Just when I’m awake. Anyway, when I first started saving tomato seeds, I had a few instances in which I squeezed out tomato seeds into containers, covered them with water, and walked away, confident in my [...]
Read more →I grew 21 tomato plants this year, some old favorites, some new-to-me varieties in hopes of finding new favorites. There were some standouts, some duds, and plenty of in-between plants. I’m looking at the whole picture here – sometimes a tomato tasted wonderful, but produced a measly one or two tomatoes the entire season. I’m [...]
Read more →My gardening philosophy is pretty simple: Here it is: 1. Failure happens. And then you learn from it. 2. There is no such thing as an ugly garden. 3. No one knows your garden better than you do. I’ve addressed points one and two fairly thoroughly, I think. It’s point number three that I want [...]
Read more →It’s true. Thanks to the shining beacon of enlightenment that is Garden Rant, I now know without a doubt that I am among those commoners with bad taste who dare to buy chintzy little garden ornaments. I also know that I do this, apparently, to disguise my lack of gardening ability. And that next time [...]
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