Mary Beth: Winter is coming, I think, and even though the weather continues to be unusually warm for this time of year, I’ve been getting the bees ready.
So, what about the bees? Every time I tell someone that Ray and I are moving back to Colorado (Ch, Ch, Changes), I hear this question. I’ll say, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Garden’
Benefits of Organic Gardening
Posted in Block Island, California, Critters, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Bee Habitat, Birds, Block Island, Bumble Bee, California, Crab Spider, Flowers, Frogs, Garden, Gardening, Honey Bee, Honeybee, Lizard, Organic, Organic Gardening, Peeper Frog, Plants, Towhee, Vegetable Garden on October 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Mary Beth & Barbara: Here’s another post where we’re going to let the pictures tell the story. All we really want to say is that the rewards for not using chemical pesticides are many. Some are obvious, like just knowing that you’re not adding to the chemical load in the environment. Others are more subtle [...]
A Morning Full of Surprises
Posted in Agriculture & Farming, California, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged California, Farm, Flowers, Food and Farm Lab, Garden, Gardening, Great Park, Irvine, Master Gardeners, Orange County, Organic, Raised Bed Gardening, Row Crops, Vegetable Garden, Vegetables on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Barbara: I was looking forward to this past Saturday morning ever since I read that the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners would be presenting a fall vegetable workshop at the Farm and Food Lab in the Great Park. Irvine is something of a wasteland when it comes to these sorts of things, so [...]
Bees and Chicks is a Finalist!
Posted in Block Island, Garden, tagged Award, Blotanical, Garden, Gardening, Rhode Island on September 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Barbara: Marybeth and I were so excited, I mean REALLY excited, to learn that our blog has been nominated as a 2009 Blotanical Awards regional finalist in the Best Rhode Island Blog category. Thanks to everyone who voted for us in the initial round.
Now we have a favor to ask of all our loyal readers. [...]
Ch-Ch-Changes
Posted in Block Island, Colorado, Flowers, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Block Island, Blossoms, Blue Star Amsonia, Changes, Colorado, Flowers, Garden, Garden Planning, Gardening, Island, Poppies, Raised Bed Gardening, raised beds, Transplanting, Vegetable Garden on September 18, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Mary Beth: I love this time of year. It’s a time when I like to make a few changes in the garden beds. Some work, some don’t and, while the main bones of the garden will always be the same, it’s fun to have a few surprises to look forward to the next year. And [...]
Taking the Cure
Posted in Block Island, Cooking, Garden, Vegetables, tagged Basil, Beets, Block Island, Carrots, Garden, Herbs, Kale, Leeks, Organic, Recipe, Roma Tomato, Soup, Squash, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Vegetable Garden, Vegetables on September 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Mary Beth: Ray and I were under the weather on Labor Day weekend, so I decided to make a nutritious soup using all the wonderful vegetables in my garden. As I was picking the ingredients for the soup, I was thinking about the article I read on the Garden Rant blog where the author mentions [...]
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