Today is the day I try something completely foreign to me: Drip irrigation! It took many a YouTube video for me to actually get on the drip train, but now that I'm here I have the itch to connect everything to a timing system. Y'all, this was so easy once I figured out how everything … Continue reading Season One | Drip, drip, drip
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Season One | Lightning & Roses
This evening was one for what I call the almost garden. I think perhaps I need a better name for it. It, meaning the idea that isn't quite an actual thing just yet. I think, for now, I may name the garden project lightning. It is storming as I write this. A beautiful, cooling spring … Continue reading Season One | Lightning & Roses
deadheading and a potential new friend
I've heard that removing the wilted flowers from a plant will provoke the growing of fresh flowers. I believe the process of culling the old blooms is called deadheading. As I have just planted some new flowers in our front garden, I decided to test this practice. So, at 9 am I made my way … Continue reading deadheading and a potential new friend
for the bees | a little garden 🪴🐝
Spring 2021 is finally the season that I feel that I can start planting. I have done so much thinking and overthinking for the last few years, that I've decided to finally get things started. Last week, my cousin stopped by with bushes for my mom and this week I've decided to expand on that … Continue reading for the bees | a little garden 🪴🐝
a winter garden
Lately, I've fallen down the research rabbit hole and landed somewhere between container gardens and homesteading. I think it'd be a (really, really) awesome project to start a small vegetable garden. Y'know, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, brussels sprouts, and the like. And, while I've been researching mostly during this frigid winter, I've been itching to … Continue reading a winter garden