Spider Mites Oh My! New Video…

I cannot believe July is almost over and I haven't posted anything since June. I think that is a true sign of being in the throws of the doggiest days of summer. Several of my vegetable plants called it quits while others are just getting started and others are trucking along just fine. I still …

Watching the Watermelon Grow – June 2019

Every morning I observe the watermelon’s growth. It’s so rewarding watching it grow from seed to table.

Our Garden – June 19 2019 – Zucchini and Watermelon

I wonder how many watermelon I will get from my 25 cent investment?

Our Garden – June 12 2019 – A Bountiful Harvest is Coming

For this week's update I decided that rather than showing you the full garden tour (see last tour here) I will show you some big highlights. Our sugar baby watermelon plant has flowers! Grow watermelons grow! A salad pot of Arugula, lettuce, and chives is sprouting what will be "cut and come again" salad! Since …

June 2019 Garden Tour (New Video)

This week's garden video is brought to you on Youtube! https://youtu.be/Umq4_mdJ6vM See my latest video!I'm slowly but surely learning videography and enjoying the process. I could've waited to achieve perfection making this video but then you wouldn't get an update this week. Informal it is! I hope you enjoy seeing what's growing (and what's not) …

Hornworms will never get the best of me again!

Last year I wrote a few posts on tackling a Hornworm problem: Using a Blacklight to Find “Hard to Spot” Pests in the Garden I Found A Way To Stay On Top Of The Hornworm Problem How You Can Identify a Hornworm Problem Before You Spot the Worm And now I have a video tip …

Our Garden – May 29 2019 – Pollinating Squash And Other Updates

Welcome to my weekly update here in the garden blog. As of this morning my first female squash flower opened so I used a Qtip to manually pollinate the flower to ensure pollination and production. I also have new seedlings emerging, new transplants in failed spots, and more growth throughout. Let me show you around! …

Our Garden – May 22 2019 – New Growth And New VIDEO

Welcome back to my humble backyard garden. Many of my plants that were sown around April 13 are growing and thriving, a few seedlings failed, new seeds were planted, purple sweet potato vines were planted (video), and I'm watering heavily to keep up with these drought conditions in zone 8b. Here's a look around. ^ …

Our Garden – May 15 2019 What a Difference a Month Can Make

To think most of these plants were tiny seeds one month ago (with a few exceptions) and now they are several inches tall! Planting seeds is certainly an act of faith and a powerful illustration of what small efforts can produce over time. So let's look around at the garden as of today. Sunflowers and …

Harvesting Potatoes, Finding “Volunteer Veggies”, Thinning, and Transplanting (5.13.19)

It's May 13, 2019 in Zone 8b and I decided my potato vine was dead enough for me to check and see what's under the soil. The think about root vegetables, especially potatoes, is that you never know what's beneath the soil. Side note: it's good to have a daily time to walk the garden …