There’s a lot going on in my gardens this week. The Roses and Day Lilies are blooming in the Bible Garden Beautiful! We had a storm go through earlier this week that had a lot of wind. My Hisbicus didn’t care for the wind that much. The two Hibiscus below are are between the driveway…
This week, on Saturday on the Farm, let’s talk about compost! Compost is a great way to add organic matter and nutrients back to your soil. Composting is very frugal. Since your adding food scraps, leaves, clippings, and etc. from your yard, your compost is free. For a minimal investment of time, you receive a…
This week, two kids learned how to use the weed eater. Hopefully, that will help keep everything looking neat this year. Zach will be 13 in July, and I thought it would be good for him to learn. He did really good, and was really careful. Abby, 14, volunteered to learn to weed eat. Volunteers…
Using mulch in the garden has many benefits. It helps control weeds, meaning less work for you. It helps to keep the ground moister, meaning you have to water less, thereby conserving water. I’ve listed a few of the many choices below. A Pinterest search will bring up a plethora of mulch pictures. I’ve included…
Welcome to another Saturday on the Farm garden tour! I’m pleased to say that the Lilacs are in full bloom! And do they ever smell delightful! My 17 year old daughter took the picture below. Beautiful! Anyone know what this yellow flower is? It comes up by itself in the back yard beside the creek….
The Lilacs are blooming! The Lilacs are blooming! I tried hard and just kept myself to sharing one picture. I love Lilacs! The bushes that are blooming are right by our back porch stairs. In this picture below, you can see the top of the railing, the Lilacs, then in the back, a Red Bud…
Time for another Saturday on the Farm Garden Update! It’s such a beautiful time now, everything is growing and the flowering trees are gorgeous. We have several Dogwood and Red Bud Trees on the property. These two are in the backyard. The Dogwoods were already here when we bought the property. We add the Red…