Most of them died due to freak climate smackdowns, but still. I changed my gardening practices a few years after moving to this windy prairie environment, and I have some crazy holdouts in my garden… if I grow a rose here it will survive just about anything. But loving roses, I tried valiantly for years […]
2009
Cold Frame Survival
My Handyman built this deck My husband has been fascinated by survival techniques (goaded by dire economic predictions and concerns from our last power outage during Ike). He is finally coming into homesteading interests as it pertains to the garden. This used to be solely my domain. I dug, tilled, planted, and maintained the gardens […]
Garden Mission
Helen Yoest of Gardening with Confidence had the idea of writing a mission statement for our garden. I’m giving it a try. I think my garden’s first purpose is to be hospitable. I want it to welcome flora, fauna, and humans alike. I want it to be welcoming, and not over burdensome for me to […]
Garden Conversations
We’ve got a good conversation going in When I buy a plant…. I think it is something to keep posting about and letting it fully develop in 2009. Especially as we gt into our growing season here in the North. We could talk about what we like or don’t like in the years offerings… and […]
