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I was very excited to pluck from my garden my first two New Mexico Big Jim chile peppers and my first cucumber! While I have to figure out what to do with the chiles, the kids and I wanted to taste that cucumber right away. So, I peeled (read full article)
It's 103 degrees F here in north Texas and it is humid. Five minutes standing still outside and I'm sweating through my clothes. Of course, that did not stop me from transferring the finished contents of my composter into my veggie patch. (read full article)
Rain is not something to be relied upon to keep your garden thriving in Texas during summer, unless it's full of drought tolerant plants. I have a sprinkler system for my lawn and flower beds, but not for my Square Foot Garden or flower planter (read full article)
Things and humming along in my veggie garden. I've got two, count them - TWO - New Mexico Big Jim chile peppers! It's amazing how big these chiles get on such a small plant. In fact, the NM Big Jim is listed in the Guinness Book of World (read full article)
As you may recall, to solve my catastrophic drainage issue, I raised my square foot garden up onto cinder blocks and started fresh. I'm growing basil, oregano, broccoli, spinach, bok choy, two kinds of tomatoes, strawberries, peppers (read full article)
A few months ago, I set up my first square foot garden (you can read all of my Square Foot Garden-related posts here). I placed it on a flat, mulched area. While things flourished at first, after heavy, long Spring rains, the garden becam (read full article)
I plucked these from our garden before dinner this evening. Delicious!Thanks for reading! If you have not yet subscribed to my blog, please do. Go to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ecomeg (read full article)
Spring has sprung here in North Texas! After what seemed like FOREVER (to my toddler), our seedlings sprouted... ... and then eventually grew strong enough to be transplanted into the square foot garden boxes, where they endured one last freeze (read full article)
As you know, I'm starting a Square Foot Garden. You can read about my experiences with that here. Compost is an integral part of this. Why Compost? It's great for the garden, a cheaper and healthier alternative to chemical fertili (read full article)
I live in Texas. It's a part of the country where you can grow many fruits and vegetables year round (different ones at different times of the year). Until we moved here I had never really considered growing my own food. Now I see t (read full article)
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