I think that a lot of my discouragement about the garden comes from a lifetime of gardening in Houston. By this time of the year, I'm used to plants that have been growing since at least April, and vegetables that are ripening like mad. (I think the soil there was probably a lot more nutrient-enriched, too - at least where I was gardening.) I'm ( Read more... )

Ours limps along. Well, that's being unkind. Years of neglect are not overcome in just a few months, so I should not be discouraged ( Read more... )