Garden
Yep, you read that right. I planted 2,083 spring bulbs.
I love spring bulbs – tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and many more. However, they need to be planted in the Fall and my Falls tend to be a bit busy. It’s getting colder, days are getting shorter, garden cleanup is happening, harvest is ending. Anyway, this year I thought I would do it. I bought over 2000 spring bulbs and planted them in batches.
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Food/Recipes, Garden
I always plant a variety of peppers in the garden each year. My garden was kind of wonky this year as a lot of my seedlings didn’t make it. However, I did get a couple of jalapeno plants, a couple of sweet bell pepper plants and some other pepper plants.
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Family/Holidays
Happy Halloween everyone. It was a good day. The front door decorations turned out lovely. A little plain but I like them.
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Garden
Although I have grown garlic a bit in the past, I never gave it much attention (or probably even planted it correctly), however this year I decided to take the plunge. I don’t know how many cloves I planted (forgot to count), however, there are approximately 100 cloves of garlic planted 10 per row. Two rows are shown in the picture. This garden bed is 3 x 8 feet. I made the rows horizontally across the short end of the bed.
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Garden
Potatoes and onions – The garden staple. Every year I plant them. Some years it’s a good harvest, some years not so good. This year wasn’t too bad. I usually plant a variety of potatoes: Red, blue (or purple), and a russet or yellow/white.
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Garden
As it is Fall, this first blog entry is about putting the garden to bed. I spent this past weekend getting some things cleaned up in the yard preparing for Winter. This summer I lined my driveway with 8 white 26” Crescent Garden Dot planters. I planted with coleus in the center, surrounded by white geraniums, dusty miller and red petunias.
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Welcome to Grammy’s Garden of Life. Although life in the garden is very much a part of this blog, life outside the garden will also be very prevalent. I live in the country and have been slowly working on turning my 5 acres into a lush garden, both edible and ornamental. It’s a lot of work but so worth it.
My goal here is to share my experiences and knowledge about gardening, family life with four grown children and three grandchildren, and my chickens and cats — I’ll throw in some recipes and crafts along the way. I hope you will visit often and if you ever have any questions, please do not hesitate to leave a comment or contact me directly.
