by Renee Pottle | Sep 17, 2015 | gardening, Grow Your Own Food
Poor Cinderella. She wouldn’t get to the Ball in a coach made from this pumpkin! Now that the 100 degree days have gone, the pumpkins finally decided to start growing. Just in time for the plants to die. Sigh. I have had a garden for many years, yet I still have... 
by Renee Pottle | May 19, 2015 | gardening, Grow Your Own Food
My grand-daughter requested purple podded peas this year. Not sure how the peas will be, but the blossoms are beautiful! 
by Renee Pottle | Nov 17, 2014 | gardening, Grow Your Own Food
Do you sometimes feel like your garden is toying with you? Me too. Here’s what I learned this year. 1. Sick plants make for a sick garden; or – don’t buy sick plants from the grocery store. Last spring I felt quite lucky to stumble upon some cheap... 
by Renee Pottle | Nov 6, 2014 | gardening, Grow Your Own Food
I am finally admitting that summer is over and have cleaned out the garden. This late season harvest yielded butternut and fairy squashes, tiny cherry tomatoes, purple carrots, and over-ripe cucumbers that will be turned into a family favorite pickle. What goodies did... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 20, 2014 | gardening, Grow Your Own Food
Sometimes zucchini grows scary-big! This zucchini got “lost” in the zucchini patch. It was so large when I found it, that I almost expected a scene from Little Shop of Horrors! It’s been too hot for most of the heirloom tomatoes this year, but the... 
by Renee Pottle | Aug 6, 2014 | gardening, Grow Your Own Food
The heirlooms are finally here. Every year I plant several different heirloom tomato plants. This year they went in the ground early, grew lush and green, set lots of tomatoes, and then everything stopped. I don’t have hardly any ripe tomatoes and now many of...