Category Archives: Gardening

The damned mosquitoes breed in the giant bamboo hedge across the back of our lot, a Legacy-from-Hell courtesy of a previous owner. Continue reading →

I went out to dig up some of the hundred pecan seedlings I have growing in the front lawn. Continue reading →

At least we can walk from the north door back to the car without fighting our way past groping branches. Continue reading →

The first garden tomato of the summer is an excellent good thing. Continue reading →

I found that one of the potatoes had sprouted in earnest, and I now have a potato vine. Continue reading →

Idiot Boy from next door decides it’s time to get out and mow his front yard, covering me all over with the dirt and pollen and who-knows what. Continue reading →

I couldn’t restrain myself, and bought a slew of tomato plants, some dill, and some peppermint. Continue reading →

They’re comfortable sitting in a wheelbarrow sandwiched between two layers of compost, but they won’t be happy if I don’t get them in the ground. Continue reading →

I need to go buy a bundle of surveyor’s stakes this weekend. Continue reading →

I didn’t know you planted any kind of bulb that deep. Continue reading →