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6 Tips for Growing Tomatoes
Over the past few years, I’ve picked up some valuable tips for growing tomatoes. This by no means implies that each summer I’m guaranteed a beautiful crop, and in fact am yearly frustrated by the usual problems – pests, disease, cracking, blossom end rot. These tips can help improve crops. 1. Pinch those suckers. Different gardeners will tell you different types of tomatoes should or shouldn’t have the suckers removed. If you are planting in a small space and deal…
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Exploration of Dill and Dew
With its feathery leaves, dill is such a lovely herb, especially after a light rainfall or covered in morning dew. I’ve enjoyed watching the changes, the flowers opening and all the bugs that are attracted to it. I’ll continue to grow this collection of dill photographs and look forward to the seed formation that is just around the corner.
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Insplosure!
This Saturday I’ll have a little table at the Pour House for the 7th annual Insplosure. It is a free event and a nice way to step indoors while hanging out at Artsplosure. I still have several mugs, succulent gardens, some tall vases and PLENTY of pendent necklaces. I’ll bring along the nature prints too. This is probably the last show of the spring season before I get back to the wheel. Production completely halted the beginning of May to…
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Succulent Pottery Planters
The afternoon before The Handmade Market, my love of gardening collided with my love of ceramics, and the result was little succulent gardens. I enjoyed piecing these together so much that once my shoulder is good an rested, I will keep headed down this rabbit hole of fun. I’ve replanted the leftover succulents and pieces that broke off during handling and will save them for later. The fuzzy cactus is soft and so adorable that I may not be able…
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The Handmade Market
The Handmade Market is this Saturday. Do you know what this means? It means I’ve got to get planning and packing! Now that I’ve amassed these new ceramic pendants, I need an efficient way to display them other than spreading them out on the table. I swore I wasn’t going to get into jewelry making, but with the crazy shoulder pain I’ve been experiencing, the work on smaller pieces is a welcome reprieve. Also, I’m thinking of having some new…
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Dill and Dew
After a spell of dry weather and pollen, we’ve had several days of rain, and there has been much rejoicing in the garden. All the peppers and tomatoes are in, and nearly everything else has been seeded. Beans sprouts are popping up along with thousands of weeds. I have my work cut out for me over the next couple weeks. Last year, I waited to pull the weeds and they dropped seeds. This is a great idea to employ on…
