Archive for the ‘Garden’ Category

thirty-five

Posted on July 12th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

My birthday came this year on the heels of the wildest storm I’ve seen in all my 9 summers in Kansas City! We lost power for less than 24 hours, but many of our neighbors didn’t fare so well, and are only now having their power restored. Somehow, our lilies survived the crazy winds, hailstones, [...]



how to eat your front yard (and not get caught)

Posted on June 18th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  No Comments »

It occurred to me that I haven’t posted any pictures of the front yard…since it turned green! Yay! So here it is.
First of all, I was really disappointed that of the 3 packages of shasta daisy seeds I planted, not one seed sprouted! Hmm…how hard can plain old daisies be to grow? Maybe I just [...]



green is my favorite color

Posted on June 6th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

The beginnings of cherry tomatoes, carrot tops, baby cucumber plants, a tiny serrano pepper, leafy lettuce, curly garlic scapes, and herbs (sage, chives, dill, parsley). They are all growing happily with all the rain and sun we’ve had this spring!