Bad timing. Just as I stepped onto our patio to walk McCoy, the rottweiler from upstairs exited the hallway. McCoy leaped over basil planter catching his leash in the tomato cages. Down went the cages, mulch covers got ripped off, dirt (and baby plants) got all messed up. McCoy was tangled up in the tomato […]
Category Archives: Gardening
Arugula and Tom Thumb Lettuce
The arugula and lettuce are up! We noticed yesterday when heading out for our walk that they had already sprouted. Here’s the arugula: After our almost three hour walk yesterday to look for row covers I ended up ordering from Gardener’s Supply Company since they had a variety of row cover materials. Hopefully they’ll get […]
Row Covers
We decided to buy some row covers for the patio garden. In part to keep the wicked squirrels out, but also to keep the tomatoes warmer. Last year the tomatoes took a long time to start producing due, we think, to the cold night time temps. We found row covers for sale online but they […]
Cages
The tomato cages arrived yesterday. I set them up on the boxes. I’d like to get some row covers to put over the cages and the other boxes to help warm things up. It’s still cool at night although most of the danger of frost should be past. There’s always the possibility of a late […]
Squirrel Attack of Aught Five
This morning Kate looked out to see the aftermath of a squirrel assault on our planters. I guess the squirrels thought that there must be something good hidden in these intriguing boxes of dirt. Of course the herb seeds are so tiny I doubt even a squirrel would be interested in them. I’ve restored the […]
Planted Garden
Yesterday I planted the porch garden for this year. First I had to get the Earthboxes setup. For a couple of them that meant taking out the dirt so I could change the location of the watering tube. Most of them just needed the old fertilizer removed, the soil turned and any old roots broken […]
