Ah, that summer garden I nursed and spent so much time on all spring only to leave it with reckless abandon to the care of my overworked husband when I went out-of-town for two months….
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That summer garden
Posted in Growing the food, tagged G.I. crockpot, Garden, growing the food, military lifestyle, military spouse, Navy wife on December 12, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Southern Wisconsin garden
Posted in Growing the food, tagged black bean, crock pot, crockpot, G.I. crockpot, Garden, garden in 2014, growing a garden, growing the food, Jamie Oliver, military lifestyle, military spouse, slow cooking, southern Wisconsin garden on July 9, 2014| 1 Comment »
Garden Planted!
Posted in Growing the food, tagged crock pot, crock pot meals, Garden, growing the food, military lifestyle, military spouse, slow cooker, slow cooking on May 28, 2014| 1 Comment »
I didn’t even do a post about thanking all the soldiers and men and women who have sacrified for our country on Memorial Day. I was swimming in garden. And I am very thankful for the fact that I am able to do that.
How the day looked in pictures:
Our fingernails. Ick.
Wisconsin spring garden
Posted in Growing the food, tagged crock pot, Garden, growing the food, military spouse, military wife, slow cooker, Wisconsin gardening on May 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Okay, the first set of seeds I over watered and most of them rotted, all the beans did. Lesson number 1, do not let your seeds sit in water while waiting for sprouts, not even a bit of water. The paper towel need only be DAMP!
Lo and behold though, a week later when I went to throw them out, I found quite a few sprouted! Surprise!
I started repeats of the seeds I’d drowned. Though I did not drown this lot, many still did not sprout.
Starting seeds in Wisconsin
Posted in Growing the food, tagged back yard garden, Garden, gardening in the north, home garden, military spouse, Navy spouse, planting vegetables, starting seeds, Wisconsin gardening on April 4, 2014| 1 Comment »
We’re excited to see how things grow here in Wisconsin. Our two gardens in St. Marys, Georgia produced an amazing array of vegetables but fighting off the bugs from an organic garden proved almost fruitless. The bugs consumed over half of the garden in our back yard. Ugh! I was also too sick from pregnancy to fight. Talk about sea sickness! Ha! I wasn’t even the one in the Navy.
Sooo….here in Wisconsin. Well, let’s see. Everything I’ve looked up says start seeds around St. Patrick’s Day in southern Wisconsin. Well…. I couldn’t get myself together by then and the honey was busy working 12 hour days.
Spring garden prep
Posted in Growing the food, tagged Compost, crock pot, Garden, gardening, grandma's recipes, military spouse, Organic matter, peat moss, prepping seeds, slow cooker on March 1, 2012| 2 Comments »
Here we go again!
I tried not to start everything all at once this time. I started week one’s seeds, then week two’s and finished up yesterday with week three’s. Hopefully I won’t have to harvest all at once this season. But even if we must, freezing and canning are options we didn’t consider before. It seemed something my grandmother would do. Well HELLO! Guess who is turning into her grandmother at 36? Um…me.
Making a mess.
Carrots from the garden putting on a show.
Posted in Growing the food, Veggies, tagged Carrot, crock pot, gardening, growing the food, military spouse, slow cooking, winter garden on February 9, 2012| 8 Comments »
I haven’t had one straight Bugs bunny type carrot yet. They only seemed to grow through to where the compost stopped and then they started lifting their feet like a little child who doesn’t want to touch the sea floor. I’ve never seen anything like it! They taste just as sweet as can be, but boy, did they put on a show.
Pulled from the garden next…
Posted in Growing the food, tagged crock pot, Gardens, military spouse, slow cooker, Soups and Stews, Turnip, winter garden on January 25, 2012| 3 Comments »
The turnips are ready!
Posted in Growing the food, tagged back yard garden, Community gardening, crock pot, military spouse, slow cooker, turnips on December 9, 2011| 7 Comments »
The turnips are jumping out of their spots yelling, “Pick me! Pick me!”
I tell them, “Hold on, what is this? kinderGARDEN?” (Get it?)
Pulled from the garden
Posted in Growing the food on November 30, 2011| 3 Comments »
The collard greens are just about ready. I ate one out of the garden yesterday, and it was tender enough for me to chew. (Tasted like broccoli.) I hope to try them in the crock pot either this week…or the next. It’s good to let them grow bigger, then you have more collards to eat!
So big!
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