Our Sunflowers

We are experimenting with sunflowers this year.  We started the seeds indoors but they didn’t take so I direct seeded them in a raised bed in front of the barn.  It’s extremely hot and dry in that area of the yard and they must like it because they really took off.  These are Mammoth Grey [...]

Mexican Heather

Our Blackberry Patch

When I was a kid our dinner table was filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. Most of the stuff came from our gardens but a few things like blackberries came from the wild. My parents and grandparents spent many hours in the hot Georgia sun picking blackberries for cobblers. Many of the old timers still [...]

Gardening Diary April 27, 2009

It’s finally stopped raining and is warming up so that means time to plant our garden. This year we’re trying raised beds. To save a little cash we decided to use small trees (which we have an abundance of around here). I use the term we loosely – it’s really Todd. [...]