tree. i’ve had this wee peach tree for three years now. i’ve seen peaches almost grown large enough to eat…however, the deer always eat them first, for they are not as picky as i am. the house must be sold within 5 months…i do hope the new owners love fruit. i have 8yr old blueberry…
Tag: growing your own food
why a garden is like Christmas…every.single.morning
before i knew how to garden, i had no idea that changes happen over night. blueberries…i thought they all turned blue at the same time…nope. i go to bed, in the morning, i see berries that went from green to blue is a gift i can’t stop eating. All that you see in the second…
the cutest backside…
belongs to this blueberry-blossom-loving Bee.
i would like to be a TRENDsetter…
to those who have a lawn or those who have a balcony…we can buy flowers, flowering trees, flowering bushes…and that is wonderful, but when the flowers fade away, nothing is left but the leaves. instead of only having dogwood, lilac bushes, azaleas, etc. you could buy fruit trees/bushes too. the first photo is my 7…
blueberries keep on coming
This is what we see every single day for the past two weeks. Lucky us! Plant yourself some native blueberries, it will take about five years to have them produce…too many to eat. But it is so worth the wait!
we have BLUEBERRIES!!!
ok, we have two blueberries. when you grow your own fruits & veggies & they become edible, it is like a holiday!
the tomatoes? they grow…
these are a type of cherry tomato. i have better luck with small tomatoes because my gardens are not full sun.
blueberries to be
i think this will be our biggest blueberry picking season yet!
ladybug to the rescue
This hero is headed for the spider mites that have gotten into our blueberries. I use organic pesticides to kill these nasty things, but I would rather use ladybugs. I wish i could go to the nursery & buy an ARMY of these food-saving ladybugs. Fighting nature with nature really seems the way to…
growing salad
There are lots of food you can grow this way. If you put celery bottoms in an open jar with a little water, you will have celery. Green onions too. All those chives that are growing in the Alabama soil right now…pull them up & chop off the top, put the bottom in dirt &…