If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feedIt’s Spring Break in San Antonio, and I barely noticed. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I know I’m not, shouldn’t Spring Break happen during the Springtime? Just a thought. I really do enjoy times when the incarcerated children aren’t required to report, [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Gardening category.
Texas SeeSaw Weather
Parsley outside my backdoor! El Niño, La Niña, whatever, I forget how it goes, but I think that due to the oppressive heat we had this Summer, we are having a very wet Winter. Or maybe the wet Winter is a harbinger of a mild Summer to come? I don’t know, but we have had [...]
Free Chicken Stock
Right this minute it’s 70° out and I actually feel warm from all the work I’ve been doin’. Even so, it’s a bit cool in the night, so I have decided it’s time for soups and stews. Lentil Stew is on the stove bubblin’ away. Chicken Stock is in the big crockpot crankin’ up [...]
Hard Work Builds Character
And, boy, are my kids characters! Between the 100° afternoons that just won’t go away, and the looming stage 3 water restrictions (which, of course, means a rate hike) we are taking out the garden. And since we’ve decided not to plant a Fall garden, this is it for this house. No more gardening here [...]
Healthy Squash Muffins!
Slim is so happy that I was able to adapt the squash muffin recipe to fit within the new, healthy, sugarless, whole wheat parameters of our new diet. Preheat your oven to 350° and spray oil in 24 muffin cups. You’ll need: 2½ cups whole wheat flour 1 cup oats 1 T baking powder 1 [...]
Garden Update
As usual, the weeds are tryin’ to take over the place. I’ve been pullin’ weeds daily. The weeds that are actually in the bed are not too pervasive, it’s the ones around the cinderblock and in them. We’ve got 3 different varieties that are thriving. fortunately they pull out fairly easily, it’s just a matter [...]
Gardening with Slim
My littlest Cowboy, Slim, is an enthusiastic gardener. He loves his plot of straight-neck squash. Today he found a bee down in one of his squash flowers, doin’ the job God gave him to do for our squash plants. This cracks me up, see the green air-soft BB? I just think it’s really cool [...]
Garden Club – Lettuce
Go buy a packet of lettuce seeds and plant ‘em right now. I’ll wait. Painless, inexpensive, organic salads will be at your very fingertips in just a few weeks. Painless because you can plant lettuce in containers and set them at a height that is pain-free to work at. Come on, you know that’s the [...]
Garden Club-March 20th
Lots got planted, watered regularly, but weeded only a little. Some of the cinder blocks still need to be re-positioned, but on the whole we are pluggin’ along. A lot of what looks like weeds in these beds are my sweet onions, and that makes me smile! Garden #1 - purple beans, bush Garden #2 – [...]
The Garden Club
True Confessions of a Lazy Gardener It sure is a good thing Carri @ Home of the Peterson Clan is starting a Gardening Linky on Fridays! It’s called The Garden Club. Otherwise the current condition of my garden would be a private matter. Hey, Carri, why is this a good thing? This Garden Club? [...]
