I am just in love with our bean trellis for this year. I’m always trying to find some way to reuse our old junk, and this one is really a winner. We are in the process of selling our old house, and that means that we are finally getting around to cleaning out the basement …
Happy Thursday! I’m continuing my list of favorite vegetable varieties today. Yesterday’s topic was the beautiful Calypso Bean, today we have another beautiful bean, the Cosse Violetta Pole Bean! This is another variety that I ordered last year from Annie’s Heirloom Seeds. It produced a prolific crop of tasty, beautiful purple “green” beans. The Violetta …
I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to get really antsy about getting my garden going for the year! We are currently making plans, preparing the beds, and making lists of which seeds we want to order and how much of each thing we want to plant! I figured while I was doing that, …
I am trying not to have to buy groceries this week, with the exception of some dry beans, which I can likely sucker Eric into picking up on his way home from work. This is mostly because we have plenty of food here and partly because I’m busy working on Christmas presents and a quick …
Winter weather is on the way. Like many Southerners, I don’t take too kindly to the mercury dipping below, say, 50° or so, but unfortunately it does get cold here, and we have to know how to prepare for it!I have a couple of garden beds that contained both summer and fall produce, so I …
