Simply making your house your home
As I stood on a step ladder to reach the high branches of my cherry tree, a bucket hanging from my neck and the warm sun getting low in the western sky, I felt like a character in a Lucy Maud Montgomery novel. A sense of satisfaction filled my heart… Read more“Cherry pitting is the pits!”
We are halfway through summer and I have spent much of my time maintaining the vegetable garden. The weeds are relentless! Ugh! The Main Garden But the work is paying off. In July, I thinned my onions to three inches apart, dehydrating the green onions to make flaked onions for… Read more“Garden Journal Aug 1, 2023”
The sun was getting low in the sky as a mother and her children entered the Garden of Hope on a mid-July evening. The young daughter pointed to a flower. “What is this one?” “That’s a daisy,” her mother said. “What’s this one?” “That’s a lily.” Then the girl pointed… Read more“Lupins – Harvesting the Seeds”
Pumpkins are the favorite fruit of October. From pumpkin spice to Jack-o’-lanterns, from pumpkin soup to pumpkin pie, pumpkins add magic to the season. As I drive through the countryside rich in golden autumnal colors, I notice piles of pumpkins at roadside stands. There, people are wandering through the selection,… Read more“Pumpkins – The Favorite Fruit of October”
Marigolds add a bright and cheerful touch of sunshine anywhere you plant them. They are easy to grow and are an essential part of a vegetable garden as they help keep insects, beetles and slugs away from my garden. Marigolds require basic care and watering. They grow in almost any… Read more“Marigolds from Spring to Fall”
Growing season on Prince Edward Island is short so I like to buy my tomato and pepper plants to ensure a good harvest. Everything else (lettuce, radishes, carrots, onions, potatoes, peas, beans, corn, squash) generally grows well from seed planted directly in the garden. This year I am trying something… Read more“Garden Starter Plants”
Planting Growing onions is easy and rewarding. In the spring I plant a bag of red onion sets and yellow onion sets. In a few weeks I’m enjoying garden fresh green onions in salads. Here’s what I do: Work manure into soil and form it into mounded rows alternating with… Read more“Onions – planting, harvesting and storing”
Last week I planted my carrots and onions. As garden companions, I alternate my rows of onions and carrots to keep damaging bugs away. Carrots For my carrots, I use a coated seed. This helps me see where I’m planting them and if I drop some on the ground (that… Read more“Gardening Journal May 20, 2019 (Carrots and Onions)”
On Monday, I planted three short rows of Romaine lettuce since lettuce likes the cool soil. I also planted a couple short rows of beets just to see how they do. We have had beautiful weather on Prince Edward Island this week, but the temperature is still a little cool,… Read more“Garden Journal May 9, 2019”
April showers bring May flowers! April was a very rainy and windy month this year but in between the wind and the rain my husband and I managed to get the yard cleaned up. Now that the yard work is done, I’m just itching to get into the garden! Yesterday… Read more“Garden Journal May 4, 2019”
