Category: Gardening (Page 1 of 169)

My “Early Girl” tomato plant has lived up to its name and given me my first tomato already. Yay!

It was a small one, but it was delicious. My last tomato plant was so productive, I was taking it for granted. I will endeavor to appreciate these tomatoes better.

I went to the garden center yesterday, just to look. Heh. There were some dahlias there that really caught my eye – black leaves, and bright yellow flowers. So interesting and so pretty! I had to get some.

On my way home, I stopped at Hobby Lobby for some black velvet. I needed it for a project I’m working on at home. I haven’t bought much fabric-by-the-yard, so I was a little nervous, but the fabric-cutting lady was nice. I probably only needed half a yard. Do they sell it by half-yards?

There’s a garden at school. Each class has a raised bed. They plant all kinds of things. There are lots of tomato plants, and even a grape vine. But what’s coming to harvest right now is radishes.

During recess, the kids are encouraged to pick and eat tomatoes or peas, but no one seems to like the radishes. Except me! Woo hoo! I brought some home. They were delicious!

At school, I park along the road. The little strip of grass next to the sidewalk has flowers in it:

They’re little daisy-like flowers! So pretty!

I love spring!

Almost a year ago, I started putting birdseed outside the back window so that Bruno and I could watch the birds. It has worked well, but since I’ve re-done the planting bed back there, I wanted something nicer.

I searched online for a while, then found something I thought would work. It’s on a spike, so it has a smaller interaction with the ground. And if I left out one of the pipe pieces, it’s just the right height. Here it is:

And here’s the before:

Quite a difference. It’s a little shorter than the old setup, but I think it won’t affect the bird-watching at all.