It seems I just planted salsa verde. Tomatillos, jalepenos & cilantro so far. I also dug the first 5 or 6 feet of the second bed (yes ive only dug 1 1/3 beds so far). Had more measuring to do & used plant markers in the ground as stakes so when it rains this week, […]

I had been thinking about the beds & whether or not I really needed to border them all night. I know the garden has a slight slope but once I make the paths & create all the beds this should not be that big of an issue. When I got to the garden I decided […]

Today was a tree trimming day. I had quite a bit of help today & we got almost all the trees surrounding the garden trimmed & shaped nicely. There are just a few bushes that we didn’t touch because they weren’t as obnoxious as the others. We put the branches on the other side of […]

Well it seems some of the plants I took out to the garden but have yet to plant became dinner for someone/something. A tomatillo plant, a few tomato plants & a habanero plant have been reduced to about a 3 inch stem from a foot or taller plant. I was really shocked since I didn’t […]

Well the storms hit the garden hard. Some of the soil in the bed has washed away. I guess borders for the beds is in order. I had been thinking I would probably want borders to help with soil erosion eventually, so it is good to have this happen after just one bed dug & […]

Today featured the measuring tape. After talking with my Mom we decided that we should plant her corn in the same row as my first bed so they are farthest north & don’t shadow the smaller plants. But we also have quite a few tomato plants that wish they were in the ground right now. […]