Garden

S-bop helping me get the garden under control back in August. This part of the garden was so overrun with weeds I said forget it! and had S-bop mow it down. What was here was green beans, turnips, and yellow squash. We picked the remaining beans and squash and pulled the turnips, then mowed everything [...]

I grow mint in the garden, and have so much of it. If you know anything at all about mint, you know it grows like a weed. People often ask me, what do you do with all that mint? One thing I do is use it for tea. My older son and I have several [...]

So gardening folk what’s good? What are you planning? it’s about that time for me here in northeast Ohio, I’m in zone 5.
Spring crop will be:
spinach
lettuce
cabbage
peas
carrots
broccoli
summer crop:
corn
tomatoes
turnips
okra
bell peppers
eggplant
yellow squash
acorn squash
green beans
black beans
mint
parsley
basil
lavender
cantaloupe
blackberries
strawberries
grapes
apples
carrots
sunflowers
fall crop will be:
potatoes
pumpkin
spinach
kale
lettuce
peas
carrots
broccoli
Every year I try to grow something new, I haven’t decided what new thing to try this year. I’m leaning [...]

Brought some garden things indoors, tomato and okra plants. The one in the middle is a regular house plant.
This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!

I grew sunflowers among the corn this year, my first year of growing it in the garden. Usually we grow it on the side of the house.
This one is getting ready to open…

This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!

I sat outside the garden early this morning. There is nothing more peaceful than things growing quietly in the morning.
This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. Thanks for visiting Family Footprint!

Is anybody else ready for Spring? Egads it’s only the beginning of January and I’m already itching to garden. I can’t do anything right now except plan, plan, plan. Happy Belated New Year! and if you are in a part of the world where it’s planting time, do tell!
This blog entry written by Trula Breckenridge. [...]