It has truly been a busy spring! We went from a barren back yard composed of nothing but sand and some persistent weeds to about 30 12 inch raised beds.
We hauled 33 yards of soil with a wheel barrow.
It was quite a sight when all the beds were filled
And even more amazing when those [...]
Monday Piper and I planted 70 tomato cells:
Rutgers – Heirloom
Gina’s – Family Heirloom
Brandywine – Heirloom
Rose De Berne – Heirloom we’ve grown and saved seeds from since 2001
Mystery seed – Unknown but we’ve been growing it since 2001
Sweet cherry tomatoes – That we started in our garden in Lyons back around 2002.
It’s really fun [...]
Well, I’ve scoured the seed catalogs and been to every website I can find that has to do with gardening. I have spent countless hours filling my cart at one seed company and then another. I’ve compared prices, quality of seed, heirloom or not and organic. And when it was all said and done I [...]