We went from unusually cool weather to dramatically (and unseasonally) hot weather in the second half of last week. As a result, I found myself doing emergency harvesting of lettuce and other cool season crops, but I also got to see this lily burst into bloom. I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.With this early [...]
Archive for the ‘flowers’ Category
Just a flower and a salamander
Posted in animals, Arkansas, flowers, Ozark Mountains, wildlife, tagged animals, flowers, gardening, photography on May 25, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Tomato Seedlings, part 2, 3, 4 . . . .
Posted in flowers, Food, frugal living, gardening, herbs, locavore, organic food, organic gardening, tomato, tagged environment, family, Food, gardening, kids, organic gardening, recipes, tomatoes on April 15, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Today apparently a reader found this blog by typing the question “tomato shoots have come up now what?” into a search engine. It’s a really good question, so I’ll answer it as a follow-up to my Little Green Shoots post. My knowledge on planting tomatoes comes from learning from my grandfather, from reading, and from my [...]
Flowers of spring
Posted in flowers, gardening, nature, wildlife, tagged environment, flowers, gardening, nature, photography, spring on April 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few days after I got out of the hospital some dear friends came to visit. They gave my husband and me a break from each other and a chance to hang out with, shall we say, our own kind. The wife of the couple walked around the yard with me, picking the spring flowers [...]
Edible flowers: selecting seeds
Posted in appetizer, flowers, Food, gardening, nature, organic food, organic gardening, Uncategorized, tagged dinner, flowers, Food, gardening, nature, organic food, photography, recipes on February 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As you select your seed for summer, consider planting a flower garden for your salads this year. If you look closely in this salad, you’ll see two of my favorite edible flowers, borage and pinks. Borage is the beautiful blue flower that is shaped like a star. Borage flowers taste ever so slightly like cucumber [...]
