Tag Archive for 'Gardening'

Ranch Picture of the Day

(DJ Mitchell Photo)  Suellen & Annie
This picture is our East view. Obviously taken during a warmer time of the year. DJ is already getting spring fever and has ordered some seeds for the garden.

How to grow an English herb garden

Another resource from Google Books: A Garden of Herbs: Being A Practical Handbook To The Making Of An Old English Herb Garden Together With Numerous Receipts From Contemporary Authorities. By Eleanour Sinclair Rohde (1920).
This fascinating book discusses the hows and whys of creating an intricately designed herb garden of the traditional English style.  It covers [...]

Chard: Last Vegetable Standing

Several weeks after our first frost, with many nights dipping into the low teens, only the hardiest of vegetables are still standing.  In our garden, that means chard, our last surviving crop.  We planted five-color chard for the second year this year and found it not only tasty, but sturdy as well.
We like it baked.  [...]

The Mystery Plant

I have these two plants growing in my garden, and I thought they were eggplant.  they had small, purple fruits, but the fruits never seemed to get bigger.  I got online and searched for eggplant varieties: nothing looked similar.  So I thought maybe it was a tomato: again, no match.  It didn’t look like any sort [...]

The Last Garden Exchange

Today was a great “garden exchange” day.  We gave away extra squashes, and got eggplant, basil, peppers, cucumbers, and another squash from our friends.  Sadly, this will likely be our last exchange of the summer season: there’s a frost warning for tonight.  The National Weather Service predicts 36 degrees, and our lows are typically 8-10 [...]