Mad Dogs and Englishmen

March 30, 2013

Tomato Time

I am very behind in posting this, but tomatoes are planted and seeds are germinating ... they were planted 7 weeks before our estimate...

March 08, 2013

There Will Be Onions

It is that time of year again - time to THINK SEEDS. Here in our chilly northern Zone 5, it is time to start the earliest seeds o...

September 25, 2012

Apple Season

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cziga: Welcome to my spot to share my experiences with the garden, with cooking, and other aspects of life. I’m not a big fan of these kinds of blurbs that ask you to express yourself, your life and your interests in such a small space. I tend towards rambling. That helps to explain my love for large perennial and rose gardens, I think. My newest hobby is my heirloom vegetable garden. I am also the "chef" of the house, and I’m trying to find ways to grow a lot of what we eat during the summer (organic and sustainable).

Our ground is very clay-like and dries to almost impenetrable rock - it takes a lot of manure, a lot of mulch and a lot of effort to garden in the hottest months of the summer! Our USDA Hardiness Zone is 5b. I have an eclectic gardening style and I’m constantly moving flowers around.

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