Category: Homemaking

This Week’s UPO »

Not much new has sprouted in the garden. The daylillies have grown into big healthy plants. I can’t wait for them to bloom.
But weeding has become a nightmare. It took us 3 days to get 1/4th of the garden weeded, it rained for 2 days, and now you can’t tell that we weeded at [...]

UPO »

New UPO (Unidentified Plant Object) are popping up in the garden all the time. Being an illiterate new gardener, here are 3 more sprouts for your deciphering abilities!
Plant #1

Plant #2

Plant #3

Pardon the awful photos! For some reason my camera has an aversion to plants!! UGH!

Preparing the Garden »

This past week we have been getting the garden ready for mulch. We don’t know what we’re doing. We just get out there with our spade and rake and go to town acting as if we’ve been gardening all of our lives. Ha!
One lesson I learned is not to get in a rush [...]