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Everyone LOVES a Mystery! I've posted a few hundred garden videos, and at least every other video I am going on and on about "MAKE SURE YOU LABEL YOUR GARDEN!" Do AS I SAY, NOT As I DO! I grow

June Garden Tour! Check out my garden in June of 2025! I am finally spending some time outdoors, after weeks of rains. 14 of 15 weekends of rains, and at least 1 or 2 more days during weeks. the Eggplant

Late Winter/Early Spring Cleanup! What do I need to do to get my gardens ready for Spring? What do I need to do for my indoor seeds starts to get ready? I am fixing my garden fence. I am moving grow bags,

Sowing My Big Slicer and Beefsteak Tomato! For me, probably the single largest amount of seed types I sow, is tomato. I sow a dozen cherry/pear type, a half dozen plum type, and a dozen or so Beefsteak/Slicer

** February Seed Starting Tour!** It took FOREVER for winter to really leave. (kinda not really gone yet, tho) I start my ONION seeds indoors early February. I start my peppers, mid February, and some

Some days, you feet it. Truly feel it. Tired. Sad. Sometimes Angry. Lonely. Sad. Depressed. Some days, it gets to you. Truly, imposes a darkness. Alone. Sexually frustrated. Angry. Dark. Sad. Alone.

It's CHRISTMAS COOKIE BAKING DAY! For the past few years, the ladies in my world have gathered, before Christmas to bake cookies, and catch up. When My parents grew up, all of their relatives lived within

Making Lavender Lemon Jelly! I've been growing Lavender for 10, 15 years? Something like that. But this yer, was a first for me! I finally made something edible with the lavender I've been growing for

Sweet Potato Harvest! THIS IS A FIRST for me! I've never grown Sweet Potato. I usually only eat it, once a year. It's just not my most favorite vegetable. AND, I usually only cook it a few times a year.

End of My Growing Season, for 2024 WAaaaaay back in February when I first started seeds for this season, this time of year was a very distant thought. At the time, it was excitement and longing for the

Planting Garlic Cloves I live in New England, East Coast, US, and we have longer, colder winters. We don't have mild seasons, like California, for instance, where the majority of US Grown Garlic is harvested.

BUILDING a NEW Raised Garden Bed "I NEED MORE!" said EVERY GARDENER EVERYWHERE! Last year, my garlic and onions were grown in Fabric Grow Bags and a small in ground bed. This year, I am tripling

** September Garden Tour** Right at the beginning of September, I was both about to get very busy with work, and extremely NOT BUSY! I didn't know it, but COVID was about to hit. I just finished editing,

My Fall Garden Planting! After a long hot and humid New England Summer, some cooler nights are starting to set in. August brings those warm days and long cool nights, and with it, a chance for new crops

AN AMAZING FirePit Pot Roast! For me, there's nothing like a Pot Roast for comfort foods! AND, who doesn't love cooking over an open fire, for a good, hearty meal? I combined the two recently, and used

Second Potato Harvest (and some Garlic, too)! Potatos are a staple of my family's diet in Fall, Winter, and Early Spring. I try and grow as many as I can, and put as much as I can into storage to make

Late July Tour and Harvest! SUMMER TIME, and HOT, HOT, HOT! It's very easy to start to get down and distracted when the temps turn this HOT and there's often a lot of brown instead of green growing. So,

MY FIRST Potato Harvest of 2024! This is my fourth? fifth year of growing Potato. Each year, I add to the Fabric Grow Bags that I use for my potato harvests. Each bag is a 25 gallon (95 liter) fabric

FLORIDA WEAVE for my tomato and cucumbers! With the new TRELLIS Arch, I needed a strong, flexible way to trellis my Tomato and Cucumber vines, to increase airflow and grow more fruit in less space. Some

FINALLY! My trellis for tomato and cucumber is in place! If you've been following me, you know we had some snow and storms. After a challenging winter, I finally had a chance to fix the trellis issue!