by Anneliese | May 23, 2009 | Gardening
Do you know what this flower is? I’ll give you a hint: it’s part of an edible plant. Feel free to post your guesses in the comments section. The first person who answers correctly wins major gardening cred and a CobraHead Weeder and Cultivator. No cheating! Comments (17) | Send | | 517 Views Comments (Comment Moderation is enabled. Your comment will not appear until approved.) [Add Comment] Potato? # Posted By Vertie | 5/23/09 3:31 PM Nope. Not potato....
by Anneliese | Apr 25, 2009 | Gardening, Recipes
I harvested our first shiitakes of the year yesterday. We’ve had a lot of rain this month, and the weather finally warmed up. Perfect conditions for the shiitakes to start fruiting. These shiitakes are from logs that Noel plugged two years ago. He and his friend Michael recently plugged a new set of logs with mushroom spawn, but it will probably be a few months before the new ones start to fruit. I still haven’t eaten the mushrooms that I harvested...
by Anneliese | Apr 21, 2009 | Environmental Issues
I don’t exactly know when this happened, but I discovered it at 5:45pm today, and it wasn’t like that at 4pm when I left for the post office. We’ve had three days of pretty steady rain, and the wind has been rather gusty today, so I guess this is what can happen. We’re pretty lucky it fell in the direction it did — that tree was right next to power lines! On the plus side, now we can scratch “Chop down old dead tree” off...
by Anneliese | Apr 15, 2009 | Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, Gardening
Today was a good Bloom Day. The weather was beautiful, and we actually had a few different blooms. Spring might just finally be here to stay. Noel and Judy are leaving tomorrow for the Cincinnati Flower Show , so we all spent a lot of time outside today while loading the van and getting other tasks done. These Scillas are planted around the base of the hickory tree by our back door. They keep creeping farther into the lawn each year, but nobody minds. That part of...
by Anneliese | Mar 15, 2009 | Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, Gardening
Finally got our first outside blooms today! Dad took this pic of a cluster of snowdrops that came up on the west side of the house. Comments (Comment Moderation is enabled. Your comment will not appear until approved.) [Add Comment] And they smell so sweet! # Posted By Layanee | 3/18/09 1:54 PM Oh how pretty! # Posted By linda | 3/20/09 9:49 AM
