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Drainage – My garden Cesspool.
I’m not sure if it was the mucky shplucky smell, the dead zone, the disease on my tomatoes or the lake under the bean tunnel that give it away. But it has become very apparent that the garden has drainage issues. On our sloped lot, most of the runoff cuts around the south side of the house through the garden before making it down to the street and eventually into the Neuse River. The garden sits in a low spot…
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Gone Fishin’
We took the boys to Tennessee for Labor Day weekend to visit my family. We fished, played, cooked, feasted and hit the road right after the start of the biggest day long rainfall Chattanooga has ever seen.
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Sights and Sounds of the Morning
For several hours each morning, it feels like fall. Today while the Man-child was sleeping, the Baby and I stepped outside in the cool air and took a brief walk around the garden, where I plucked several green beans and red okra and felt dew under my feet. He old bamboo sticks that once stood next to pepper plants. The birdhouse gourds and cucumbers in the tunnel are continuing to set fruit and the Melondome shows promise of late season…
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Teaching Grace to my Little Gardener
Last week a friend of mine posed the challenge of making the most of teaching moments with my little boys. One concept I long for them to understand is grace – recognizing how and when to give it and knowing when it is given to them. The Baby is still too young, but he certainly presents plenty of oportunities for his big brother to show him grace. As their mommy, I’m learning that discipline and grace are equally important acts…
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Oh, Irene.
I just walked outside in the evening light from the low hanging pink clouds swirling past as Irene moves northward. Everything is blown in the northwest direction. The corn is down, the okra are bending, and the tomatoes bushes have grown heavy on the stakes. There is some flooding in the squash and bean tunnel. However, the newly sown beds remained intact with the straw shielding the seeds from wind and rain. We lost power several times today in the…
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Why Gardeners should be on Twitter
While I’ve been gardening for about 7 years, this is the first year I’ve really enjoyed an online gardening community. Back in February I branched off from my old blog to start LoveSown, and set up a Twitter account intended just for discussing gardening. It took me awhile to build up followers and find some of the people I really enjoy interacting with, but now I am enjoying taking part in a lively, witty, helpful and experienced bunch of gardening…
