Category Archives: Gardening
My First Candy Stripe Beet
A friend of mine ordered the seeds for these beauties and graciously sold me some. I can’t remember where she ordered them so hoping she will comment after the post. While watering my garden yesterday I noticed that one of … Continue reading
Strawberry Sap Beetle
I have had something eating my strawberries for over 2 weeks now and I couldn’t figure out what it was. I even went out at dark with a flashlight to see if it was slugs, to no avail. Yesterday I … Continue reading
Lifetime Composter – Comments and Assembly
I have really been wanting an additional composter so when I saw the Lifetime composter while watching a John Kohler video on Youtube, I decided to look into purchasing one for myself. I found the cheapest price to be on … Continue reading
My Strawberries – Quinault
I have lots of Quinault strawberries growing in my garden. In doing research, this variety is not supposed to put out a lot of runners but no one told my strawberries the news. I have over 75 plants now and gave away … Continue reading
Growing Plants from Store Bought – Ginger and Carrot Seeds
There are many plants you can re-grow from store-bought produce and eventually I want to try them all. I am already re-growing store-bought celery with great results. One of the weirdest posts I have seen recently was re-growing carrot … Continue reading
Smelly Stinkhorn Fungi
Wow never thought I would be posting on something with a name like Smelly Stinkhorn Fungi. I found one of the “eggs” a while ago and wondered what it was. Recently I spotted the fungi just starting to grow and … Continue reading
Coffee Spice Bar Soap – Hot Process
Is there a hot process soap recipe that Andrea at “Frugally Sustainable“ has posted that I haven’t tried? This new recipe sounded luscious, what is better than coffee, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. The ingredients for this bar soap are: 12 ounces Olive oil … Continue reading
Baby Bunny!
The past couple of days the dog has been trying to dig up the mulch around my rose bush. I have been scolding him and putting it back. Yesterday there was some type of fuzz around the area but I … Continue reading
Charley Brown Orange Tree – to Keep or Not to Keep
Three years ago and then again two years ago we had severe freezes in Florida. We lost every one of our citrus trees except one. I call it our “Charley Brown” orange tree. Since it was so pathetic this last … Continue reading
Re-growing Celery – Easy Peasy
Did you know you can re-grow celery? There are a few store bought items that you can re-grow and celery is one of them. It is so easy. You just save the bottom of your celery stalks and push it … Continue reading
