Making a Garden Gate

Nothing lasts forever- especially this gate to my garden. I started gardening here in 2009, and the gate went up almost as soon as the garden fence. I'm actually surprised it lasted this long, but it's finally time for an update. Time to put up a new one!

Starting seeds indoors

What is a seedling? I think it's one of the cutest words. It merely describes a young plant that was started from seed and according to the Merriam-Webster definition, one that has not been transplanted. Basically baby plants!

Here I will briefly shoot through a few steps that I take when I start seeds indoors- tomatoes in this case.

An April Fools joke from Nature

For the past couple weeks we have been bustling around the backyard getting ready for the growing season. But Nature was planning a 'winter weather advisory' as an April Fools joke for us.