I’ve decided that I don’t make a good gardener being 7 months pregnant in the heat of summer.  I haven’t been able to work in the garden very much this year which is quite discouraging to me.  However, I’m become more ok with that fact.  After all, I am growing a baby this year! 
My children [...]

We had an incredibly rainy month in May.  My garden is growing leaps in bounds with both plants and weeds.  I usually keep the weeds down with hay mulch, but I’m out of hay and needing to go pick up some more soon! 
I’ve been amazed at my little lettuce and cabbage plants.  They are huge now!  They’ve been [...]

For several weeks, we’ve been eating lettuce and Bok Choi or Pak Choi Chinese cabbage out of our garden.  It has been very nice to not have to buy lettuce and cabbage at the grocery store and we are enjoying the incredible freshness it provides as well.  I’m also enjoying the savings the lettuce and [...]

I spent the afternoon in the garden.  It is still too early to plant tomatoes, squash, beans and peppers.  But it is perfect weather for planting  lettuce, onions, cabbage, and other cool weather vegetables.
My garden now isn’t by any means anything grand.  The things planted in the garden now will drastically cut the grocery bill [...]