tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post4844978710872986170..comments2024-03-23T21:38:31.368-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Living the Pantry Lifestyle - Lawn and Garden ProjectsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-12376208531519502532016-07-24T07:09:15.569-04:002016-07-24T07:09:15.569-04:00My sister and I were having a laugh about how peop...My sister and I were having a laugh about how people seem so worried that we humans will kill off all of nature , when we spend ever bit of our energy fighting a loosing battle in our own backyards !! She has 4 acres , and decided to let the back "go natural" . 3 years later she has 8 foot razor wire blackberries and poison ivy thicket, advancing several feet every summer ! Ours is never ending trying to keep our "hedgerows" from advancing across our corn and bean fields !! Good luck with the war in your yard , wish the garden plants had similar strength !!!Karen JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-21888800923067467762016-07-24T00:18:08.589-04:002016-07-24T00:18:08.589-04:00Those 'surprise' additions to the budget a...Those 'surprise' additions to the budget are rough! I'm sorry the project ended up costing you more! <br /><br />Do you save all year long for these projects? We often spend near $200 a year on garden improvements and it always sets me back. I need to find a way to take money out each month throughout the year. <br /><br />I hope you are feeling well!A Woman that Fears the Lordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028148446621304362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-13824737325552617792016-07-23T18:04:13.001-04:002016-07-23T18:04:13.001-04:00Wow that guesstimate was a little off....goodness ...Wow that guesstimate was a little off....goodness sakes.<br /><br />Next year I will have a stellar crop of asparagus...I think all 40 roots took. The FFA at the high school was selling stray last fall and I was able to get several bales to help mulch the area.<br /><br />I need to move the rhubarb and the walking onions. Not quite the right spot, a little hot and dry. The tomatoes I grew from seed look really healthy....only five peppers plants of the twelve made it. I can't grow peppers to save myself in this soil. Three plantings of Contender green beans are moving along nicely...I'm probably close to two weeks for the first picking....being I'm "up north". lol. <br /><br />The pool project seems to be successful. I've never had beets and carrots look so nice. The cucumber and zucchini plants are lovely....8 zukes on two plants ....in Walmart bags. The green onions are a bit slow, but the radishes are over crowded. I was a little exuberant with the seed. I think next year I'll try the pepper plants in a pool. <br /><br />Of course, blue kiddie pools with Walmart bags in the yard do look a bit tacky. My neighbor keeps looking at them a little perplexed. <br /><br />mdoe37https://www.blogger.com/profile/03019276985594142350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-78174341657757454072016-07-23T17:40:07.269-04:002016-07-23T17:40:07.269-04:00Wow! That does sound like a huge project! But your...Wow! That does sound like a huge project! But your yard will look so much nicer, correct? Instagram.com/melissasnoteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389672466065251231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-12226490844078351092016-07-23T15:23:14.543-04:002016-07-23T15:23:14.543-04:00Wow! Those kinds of estimates are shocking! Good f...Wow! Those kinds of estimates are shocking! Good for the heart, depending on how one looks at them. I have not done as much at home this year as I had planned. As you say, we do what we can. I bet your yard is looking really fine with all the new sod and the taking back of the lawn. Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-40374211498063126002016-07-23T12:45:23.919-04:002016-07-23T12:45:23.919-04:00We did much less this year. I have a zucchini in a...We did much less this year. I have a zucchini in a planter on the deck and two volunteer tomato plants! Everything else we buy from our local produce stand. It was too much to try a bigger garden with Tim just starting his business.<br /><br />We do what we can - I like that saying!<br /><br />Ps I'm having trouble publishing this comment so if you get a lot from me, I'm sorry!<br />Deanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133684514103206137noreply@blogger.com