Cupcakes and Commentary

Every year we plant a garden we learn something. This year we learned that we planted the garden at the right time. We also learned not to just pour out the seeds, or this will happen… Crazy, crazy amounts of marigolds. I also learned that I should mark the vegetables, because what I thought was [...]

I know I am posting again rather soon after my last post about the garden, but I had to share our sunflowers! Isn’t this gorgeous?? I am most excited about these. And our marigolds are blooming like crazy, and so lovely! Apparently I bought the type of tomatoes that all bloom at once. So in [...]

Despite the heat our garden is doing well this summer… I mean besides the dead flowers. It looks much better since this picture though. I thought I bought the dwarf size sunflowers. Not so much. Our banana peppers are getting flowers! Which means the vegetable is soon to appear. I have to say the leaf [...]

After a week of being gone, I was not sure how our garden would fair. We came back to a jungle! We actually have already gotten some radishes and everything seems to be really thriving this year. The Garden. I am especially excited about… The Leaf Lettuce. The Return of the Shamrock. Our Roma Tomato [...]

In honor of Earth Day I decided to pick up one of the “free” trees from Lowe’s. I say “free” in quotations marks because I had to buy a pot and soil for it. Anyway, Super A is really into gardening, plants, and the outdoors so I figured he would really like this activity. So [...]

So a little update on our garden…we actually have growth!! What?! True story. Don’t know what they are, but they look good! I was planning to label them. I forgot. I digress. In the plan everything was in straight lines. In real life, a zig-zag pattern. These are what I’m most excited about. Sunflowers! I [...]

For this project you will need: An Egg container Seeds Scissors Dirt Miracle Grow Shovel Water Toothpicks Pen or Marker What you do… I picked the styrofoam egg container because I planned on keeping the container inside (if you buy the paper kind there are usually open slots in the lid). Separate the lid from [...]

Didn’t I say at the end of last season that I wouldn’t try gardening again? I think I did. About a month ago my husband and Super A bought some flower seeds for us to plant. Super A loved planting them in the pot in our backyard and has had a great time watering them, [...]

My basil would have to say a resounding…. No. Maybe next year. On our huge tomato plant that is growing by leaps and bounds we have a solitary…. tomato However, we could feed the whole neighborhood with our cherry tomato plant… I’m still waiting for our pepper plant to actually get more peppers than it [...]

I think my basil is suffering from heat exhaustion. Unlike the basil the tomato plants appear to be flourishing in the 100 degree weather.. Although the top of the small tomato plant appears to be getting out of control…kind of like Super A’s hair after he twirls it.