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So I started a blog. I'm a planner. I like to organize and prioritize. Sounds kind of weird for a gardener, but hey, its who I am. I like dirt. I like starting things from seeds and help them become the greatness that is veggie! I spent countless hours/days/weeks/months preparing for my garden adventure. I read. I read seed catalogs, old books of my mother's, other gardeners' blogs, random websites about gardening basics, and magazines. With that said, I will forever be a beginner gardener/farmer. So, again, I started a blog. I'm going to share my gardening ups and downs, what worked for me and, of course, my epic failures. I love to share tricks and knowledge and experiences with people that I've learned over time. So please, read my blog and come over to my garden, and mostly, enjoy!



Sunday, October 2, 2011

Pssst...

I'm sitting here in bed, checking out some blogs and various website whatnots, sleeping Baby Emmaline by my side. Just one of those peaceful moments where you don't know how it could get any better than this.
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Fall KICKOFF!!!

Woot! Its FALL!! I know that it officially falls on a certain date in September, but to me FALL starts in October. Its pumpkins, candy corns, Sophia talking about being a bat for Halloween. I live for October. We welcomed this cozy sweater & apple cider month with a crafty party yesterday. I put some Halloween decorations out, a big pot of apple cider on the stove, and put out some goodies. My friends came over and we sat around making our various crafty things and passed around baby Emmaline. Right now I'm sitting here on my comfy sofa, under a blanket, and drinking my morning coffee. Life is good. Fall makes it GREAT!

I've started planning my garden for next year already. This year was such a terrible failure, which was my own fault for the most part. I was pregnant and didn't maintain the plants like I should have. I tried some new things this year, like the potato grow bag. You put your potato starts in the bottom of the bag and fill up the bag with dirt as the plants grow. The plants were lush and healthy all summer long with no indication of trouble below. When the plants died back, meaning the potatoes were ready, I dumped the bag...only to find NOTHING. Nada. Zilch. Not even a mini spud. Not sure what I did there. My pumpkins started off wonderful, blossoms, tiny pumpkins. Then the vines split because of a worm and killed the vines off. This coming year, I will be prepared. I will be able to resolve some issues as they occur. In past years, I have submitted to my garden enemies because I was trying to stay organic. (ie I am cheap and didn't want to by expensive fertilizers or pesticides) I found a great book, Rodale's Vegetable Garden Problem Solver, that is going to see me through my future gardening endeavors. The book proves easy to find your problem and solution. There are hundreds of gardening issues that the book addresses. My pumpkin vines will have stab wounds, but they will make it because to alleviate the burrowing worm problem, they suggest sticking a pin through them. Worms...consider yourself warned. And, yes, that is a threat.


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