The vertical pumpkin patch is a success and I am slowly training the vines up the trellis that Steve made for me!

11 years ago / 4 727 visits / 7 comments / 6 people like

Despite the attacks from insects and ground squirrels, my raised bed garden has flourished and is an Eden-oasis in the middle of our bone-dry property!

11 years ago / 2 918 visits / 7 comments / 5 people like

Maybe the only way to get rid of these ants is to blow up the house...

11 years ago / 3 173 visits / 9 comments / 7 people like

Steve and I have wanted to grow pumpkins and gourds ever since we moved to southern Oregon, but something always got in the way. This year I finally got started at the right time and with Steve's help, we have a pumpkin patch!

11 years ago / 2 249 visits / 4 comments / 2 people like

The bugs and critters have discovered my seedlings and they are laying waste to many of my precious little ones!

11 years ago / 1 792 visits / 8 comments

This adorable but detrimental ground squirrel is drinking water out of one of the dishes we put out for the birds. Raised Bed Garden, 1 Month Update: The Bad (and the sad) When I was preparing my raised bed, I discovered that many ground squirrel tunnels had been dug through the soft dirt. Although…

11 years ago / 896 visits / 2 comments

There are new kids showing their faces, and the seedlings that popped up first are getting a lot bigger!

11 years ago / 1 039 visits / 2 comments

My husband is an amazing cook and he loves to have fresh herbs when possible. I thought to myself, "How hard could it be to make some room for an herb garden?"

11 years ago / 1 515 visits / 13 comments / 1 person likes

This beautiful seedling is a King Henry Hollyhock! There are 6 other seedlings and since I took this picture, each is showing off their second set of leaves. (I also have a section of Black Hollyhocks. Only one has sprouted so I will be planting more seeds in the hopes that more will germinate.) The…

11 years ago / 5 178 visits / 8 comments / 3 people like

This is my master list of the flowers and bulbs I planted this year. I may add a sorted version below this one to identify which are annuals, biennials and perennials. I need to keep track of what species germinated (and how many?), which seem to be dead, and other notes. I may add pictures as they…

11 years ago / 1 422 visits / 3 comments / 3 people like

One of the most exciting parts of a new flower garden is selecting and planting all of the different bulbs and seeds. As you'll see, I went completely bonkers with all of the choices available!

11 years ago / 1 651 visits / 7 comments / 2 people like

Even though I'd pulled all the weeds out, I still had a lot of work to do before I could plant seeds, but I was now a juggernaut of excitement because my dream was going to come true!

11 years ago / 1 296 visits / 4 comments

With the success of my front garden and metal feed trough planter, I began thinking about how nice it would be to have a large garden where I could plant many kinds of flowers. I realized that we already had the perfect spot, it just needed some work to prepare: our abandoned raised bed, originally…

11 years ago / 1 160 visits / 5 comments

For the first time in my life, I'm going to have a big flower garden! I'm really excited and would like to share my adventure, so I'm going to write about my experience as it unfolds, beginning with a bit of history in this article—let's just say I I haven't always been a fan of gardening!

11 years ago / 1 703 visits / 2 comments / 1 person likes

How many times has it happened to you that you've uploaded some pictures but they're not in the order you wanted? And then you can't figure out how to change the position, and you don't even know if it's possible to do? HOW FRUSTRATING!! ARGH!!! Trust me, I've been there...it's totally annoying! Th…

12 years ago / 2 912 visits / 11 comments / 13 people like