Accidently Discovered It's Onion Harvest Time
Everything happens for a reason. The older I get, the more I believe it. This is just a small example (I've got big examples, but...
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Maggie
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Preserving Garden Harvests as They Come In
"Make hay while the sun shines" I think the saying goes. Well... today I needed to make hay so to speak. Last night, after harvesting my...
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Maggie
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Fresh from the Garden Mish/Mash - Keeping it Simple
While walking around the garden this evening, I found some broccoli heads (much to my surprise), some asparagus (again - surprise), and...
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Maggie
Jun 21, 20221 min read
11:45pm and 17 Pints of Canned Mixed Greens - Complete
I started canning at 5pm today. It's 11:45pm now and I'll be retiring shortly. The plan was to only do one batch; however, I had enough...
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Maggie
Jun 13, 20221 min read
New Covered Swing for Maggie (and Ed)
Ed approved the purchase and even assembled my (Maggie's) new canopied "porch" swing. Why? Because I have always loved to swing and yet...
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Maggie
Jun 8, 20221 min read
Second Salad of our 2022 Gardening Season
Our second salad of the 2022 gardening season complete with radishes. It's so exciting to this (former) city girl to produce her own food...
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Ed
May 20, 20222 min read
Clean Slate
By the end of last year's garden season, Maggie and I were exhausted. We spent the latter part of the summer canning every weekend, and...
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Ed
May 12, 20222 min read
Spring has Sprung
After several weeks of what has been the coldest, cloudiest, and dampest spring I can remember, we have immediately bypassed spring and...
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Ed
May 5, 20224 min read
Our First Livestock
This weekend, we crossed a boundary, going from solely raising plants to an addition of animals to the mix. While bees are technically...
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Ed
Dec 19, 20211 min read
New to Us Used Stock Tank for Raised Bed Garden
Used Stock Tank for Raised Bed Gardening
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Ed
Nov 6, 20213 min read
October Garden Report
Our last garden report for the year of the garden... The first part of October saw us starting to pull some of the more cold-sensitive...
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Ed
Oct 3, 20212 min read
September Garden Report
It is hard to believe our garden has only been growing for four months. After our fool's spring, the garden got a foothold, survived a...
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Ed
Sep 8, 20211 min read
What Seed was that From?
Maggie and I have very different approaches to gardening. I purchase a relatively small variety of plants and seeds, record where they...
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Ed
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Pickles Multiple Ways
One of the crops I was most excited about this year was our cucumbers, because I wanted to make pickles. Fortunately, we have had good...
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Ed
Aug 27, 20212 min read
August Garden Report
The weather in August has tried to make up for the earlier part of the year. In Wisconsin, the wettest months are usually April, May, and...
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Ed
Aug 2, 20212 min read
July Garden Report
As we flip the calendar from July to August, we move into the final month of summer. Rain has been scare, but has come at opportune times...
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Ed
Jul 18, 20212 min read
Allium Harvest
Our garden is entering a bit of a pause in production. The greens have bolted and the peas are nearly spent, and the cucumbers, tomatoes,...
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Ed
Jul 4, 20212 min read
Summer Bounty Dinner
When it rains, it pours, and last week was no exception. After several weeks without rain, we received about 3 inches of rain in 3 days....
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Ed
Jun 26, 20212 min read
June Garden Update
As we wind down the first month of summer in our Year of the Garden, it is amazing how far our garden has come, and what it has overcome....
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Ed
Jun 6, 20211 min read
Garlic Scape Time
The garlic we planted last fall has been a bright spot in our garden. First appearing in early March, the garlic has, so far, survived...
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