Gardening

I love to plant and grow a garden each year. Our garden provides us with fresh, organic produce each summer which makes all of the effort that goes into having a garden totally worthwhile.

When I was a newly married woman of 22 I decided to have a garden at our new home. I did everything wrong but somehow we managed to get a few ears of corn, tomatoes, and zucchini.

My gardening skills have come a long way, but I will never claim to be an expert gardener. I just enjoy watching food grow right in our backyard.

Sometimes the weeds threaten to take over, and my garden is rarely Pinterest-worthy. However, I share pictures of it to, hopefully, encourage others to try to grow a garden whether it be a large garden like mine or simply a tomato plant in a bucket.

Since I have written many posts about gardening over the years, I thought it might be nice to have links to them all in one place.

2014

In the Garden: The Garden Has Been Planted (5-8-14)
In the Garden: Everything’s Growing (and Wet) (5-15-14)
In the Garden: Plants (& Weeds) Are Growing (5-22-14)
In the Garden: Lots of Growth (5-29-14)
In the Garden: Covering Plants with Netting to Deter Bugs (6-5-14)
In the Garden: What a Difference a Week Makes (6-12-14)
In the Garden: Enjoying Fresh Produce (6-19-14)
In the Garden: Tomatoes, Green Beans & Zucchini (6-26-14)
In the Garden: Zucchini Coming Out of My Ears (7-4-14)
In the Garden: Pickles, Peppers & Not Enough Time (7-10-14)
In the Garden: There Is No Prize for the Biggest Zucchini (7-17-14)
In the Garden: Bountiful Harvests (7-25-14)
In the Garden: A Long Overdue Update (8-21-14)

2013

My Garden This Week: How I Built a Potato Tower (5-16-13)
My Garden This Week: A Counter Height Garden Box (5-23-13)
My Garden This Week: Everything Is Growing…Including the Weeds (5-30-13)
My Garden This Week: Getting Rid of Those Pesky Weeds (6-6-13)
My Garden This Week: Focused Watering (6-13-13)
My Garden This Week: Pulling Weeds (6-20-13)
My Garden This Week: Flooded (6-27-13)
My Garden This Week: Our First Harvest (7-11-13)
My Garden This Week: Refrigerator Pickles (7-18-13)
My Garden This Week: Grilled Corn on the Cob (7-25-13)
My Garden This Week: Diseases, Insects & Weeds (8-1-13)
My Garden This Week: Blackberry Jelly (8-8-13)

2012

The Garden Has Been Planted (5-2-12)
Garden Update (5-9-12)
Garden Update (5-16-12)
Garden Update (5-23-12)
Garden Update (5-30-12)
Garden Update (6-6-12)
Garden Update (6-13-12)
Garden Update (6-20-12)
Garden Update (6-27-12)
Garden Update (7-4-12)
Garden Update (7-11-12)
Garden Update (7-18-12)
Garden Update (7-25-12)
Garden Update (8-1-12)

2011

The Garden to Be (4-30-11)
Planting Potatoes (5-7-11)
The Garden Has Been Planted (5-14-11)
Our Garden Is Growing (5-21-11)
Helping Hands in the Garden (5-28-11)
Our Garden This Week (6-4-11)
Thankfully Our Corn Is Resilient (6-12-11)
Weekly Garden Update (6-19-11)
Our First Garden Harvest (6-25-11)
Weekly Garden Update (7-3-11)
Bring on the Sweet Corn & Green Beans (7-10-11)
We Could Use Some Rain for Our Garden (7-18-11)
The Garden Has Seen Better Days (8-6-11)
My Garden This Week (8-13-11)
Lots of Tomatoes in My Garden (8-20-11)
Final Garden Update (10-19-11)

2010

2009

The Garden Has Been Planted (4-27-09)
Garden Update (6-10-09)
First Zucchini Harvest of the Year (6-19-09)
More Garden Produce (6-23-09)
Garden Update (6-30-09)
First Green Beans & Natural Plant Spray Recipe (7-17-09)
Garden & Farm Update (7-20-09)
August Garden Update (8-31-09)
Check Out Those Sweet Potatoes (9-15-09)
Looking Back at Our Garden (11-10-09)

2008

First Produce From Our Garden (7-3-08)

2007

Garden Blessings (8-23-07)