It is officially too hot to be outside and therefore, I am inside today and planning my next year’s garden. The plan centers around a bean pole teepee. You see some of my bean pole teepees in the back of
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Jacki Kellum
Time to Start Planning Next Year’s Garden – Try This Little Garden with Mini Pumpkins & Morning Glories
Garden Daily – Keep Track of What Happens Each Day in Your Garden
Early this morning, I saw my first glorious pumpkin bloom, but by mid-day, the bloom had closed. That’s how pumpkin blossoms behave. Because there is no bulbous protrusion at the base of the blossom, indicating that the blossom is female,
Read moreWhat Is A Kitchen Garden or Potager?
I have read that as people began planting their food, as opposed to hunting and gathering for it, the first kitchen gardens began. With that in mind, we might call any place where we grow food a kitchen garden–what the
Read moreSaga of My Birdhouse – See How Things Changed in 6 Short Months
Today, the Pineapple Sage has almost completely obscured my birdhouse, which has been a focal point of my garden for several years. But in April of 2021, 6 months ago from today’s date, I started a new garden in my
Read moreSuper Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes Are Truly Super Sweet – An Abundant Treat
Every morning, I am like Red Riding, as I enter my cherry tomato forest, basket in hand, hoping that this will be the morning that my host of Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato plants finally ripen, and I can
Read morePink Brandywine – An Heirloom Tomato Like My Grandmother Grew
In my garden, I am continuously searching for the plants that my German grandmother probably grew in her magnificent garden, and I am almost certain that she grew Pink Brandywine tomatoes, which are currently considered to be Heirloom cultivars. My
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