Hey! I started my own YouTube channel for my gardening exploits as further defined over on the Virginia Kitchen Garden Journal.

You can see how rough I look when I'm puttering around in the garden! Sorry for the down-the-shirt shots! oops.

Beginning to ruminate on the Garden Plot for next year ( Read more... )

Garden ramblings are being shunted to the new blog: The Virginia Kitchen Garden   or you can friend me at  ( Read more... )

( Early morning ramblings within )

having checked on Plot8 on the way home from work, I can say the wee seedlings seem to have weathered last night's frost warning. One of the blue basils looks a little stressed and the Mortgage Lifter tomato is still kinda sad, but otherwise, I think we have made it through. Its supposed to be almost 90 degrees this weekend, so the plants are doing ( Read more... )

It has to be said, that being a  community garden plot gardener differs from being a backyard gardener ( Read more... )

If you live in the Northern or Western DC suburbs, you may get a late frost this evening and any of your tender plants outdoors may be at risk ( Read more... )

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Today I will be putting in the tomatoes, peppers and herbs in the three salsa beds! YAY!

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1.  Back to the gym this morning after a prolonged absence. When I started dropping pounds and inches without trying at the end of last year, I stopped going to the gym  because I didn't want to lose any more weight. I was feeling bony and brittle. Now that I've been able to regulate my blood sugars and iron levels, I've put on a few of the pounds ( Read more... )