Archive for May, 2012

  • Blackberries and memories

    May 24th, 2012 | Blackberries, My Garden | Melanie | 7 Comments

    When I was 12 my parents moved our family out the country; it was a small town named Thompsons, Texas, and the population at the time was 78. Up until that point in my life, we had lived in the city. After the move, we lived on six acres and had just about every animal […]

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  • The start of my garden

    May 23rd, 2012 | My Garden | Melanie | 6 Comments

    It all started when my sister asked me to go to a class about green smoothies. I was hesitant; I didn’t think that a green smoothie would be something I would ever drink. I went anyway and loved it! Robin Openshaw, the green smoothie girl, had an amazing class on the benefits of drinking green […]

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  • Sweet potatoes

    May 22nd, 2012 | My Garden | Melanie | 2 Comments

    I have never planted sweet potato before, but I learned that you can’t just plant a chunk of sweet potato in the ground like a regular potato.  A sweet potato “slip” is planted and then it takes root and grows the sweet potatoes under the ground.  Several months ago I started my sweet potato slip. […]

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  • There’s a rabbit in my garden, but I don’t care

    May 22nd, 2012 | My Garden, Random Stuff | Melanie | No Comments

    So I’m out in my garden and I hear a rustling noise.  I see a brown object race by my feet and I get a quick glimpse… it’s a rabbit!  It was big too!! At first I was mad – I mean the nerve of him trying to get to all my home grown greens. […]

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  • Tomatoes

    May 22nd, 2012 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    I love tomatoes and before building my garden this year, I had never ever grown a tomato plant.  I have enjoyed lots of tomatoes and they have done very well.  I water them a lot.  On hot sunny days, they get watered twice.  For Mother’s Day, Kent installed a automatic watering system for my garden. […]

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  • My daily harvest

    May 22nd, 2012 | My Harvests | Melanie | No Comments

    My daily harvest post

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  • Strawberries

    May 22nd, 2012 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    I started my strawberries in my old picnic table.  I planted the ever-bearing type.  They struggled at first but have really taken off.  I plan to have a fall crop and then a spring and a fall again.  Donna Faye at Sweet Organic Solutions in Pearland told me they would produce 4 times.  I plan […]

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  • Banana pepper

    May 22nd, 2012 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    Everyone in my family loves these little peppers.  They are great on sandwiches and in salads.  I have harvested so many of these this summer – I will for sure plant them again next summer.  LOVE these!!

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  • Radishes!

    May 21st, 2012 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    My mom loves radishes so I grew them for her.  I planted them way too close but they still seemed to grow. She loved them and it was so fun to grow them.  Shortest growing season ever!  30 days! how fun for impatient gardeners like me… next time I will space the seeds out so they aren’t […]

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  • Bell pepper

    May 16th, 2012 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    I seem to get impatient and pick these before they get really big.  I have had great success with these in the same tub as the banana peppers.  I pull the leaves off at the bottom and they seem to grow tall.  The new grown brings lots more peppers.  I mixed epsom salt and water […]

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