Our Cabana finally arrived yesterday after waiting for two months from having it custom made. There is attached seating all along three sides and is a whopping 12′ x 20′ big! I will be ordering an eight person wood table for our picnics on it, running electric to it, installing lighting and some sort of landscaping to cover up the […]
A few months ago one of my followers ask me to post pictures of our vegetable garden. It is not a gigantic garden but plenty big for our needs. My husband made the 4’ X 4’ and 1’ x 4’ raised beds and they have worked well for us. We lay last years straw between the rows to control the […]
OK so those that have followed me for a while know that I know how to cook and I can grow things in a garden right? Then why the heck is it I can’t get a potato to root in a glass of water? I thought, when I was a kid, we cut the potato in half first but when […]
Wisteria is a beautiful vine with gorgeous flowers. I have grown mine for over 25 years. Although it is a lot of work training it, it is worth it! Mine encases our 50 foot arbor and as you see is loved by insects and birds. I have trained the vine to twist so that it would be strong enough […]
Wow my perennial herb garden had to be cut already. Unfortunately my lemon thyme bolted (flowered). They say when herbs bolt they don’t taste very good, however, they also say the tiny flowers on the lemon thyme are ok to eat. I’m not crazy about dehydrating the flowers so I cut it back and it will grow more soon. Since […]
