Down By The Gardenside

Down By The Gardenside

I just want to say, how much I have begun to fall in love with gardening! I am going to check out a garden club a few towns over, and am eager to plan my garden plots for next year.

Down By The Gardenside

Down By The Gardenside

I just want to say, how much I have begun to fall in love with gardening! I am going to check out a garden club a few towns over, and am eager to plan my garden plots for next year.

Webworm pictures

Webworm pictures

For the people who don’t live in Texas, and the ones who requested pictures, or suggested “breaking off the branches with the webs” Here’s pictures from my yard and my house to give you an idea of why I used

Webworm pictures

Webworm pictures

For the people who don’t live in Texas, and the ones who requested pictures, or suggested “breaking off the branches with the webs” Here’s pictures from my yard and my house to give you an idea of why I used

Black Forest Cake

Black Forest Cake

I made this for my husband for our anniversary this weekend, and it was so good I had to share….This is from DianasDesserts.com For the cake:6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, cut into bits6 tbsp unsalted butter1 tsp vanilla extract1/3c. water6 large

Black Forest Cake

Black Forest Cake

I made this for my husband for our anniversary this weekend, and it was so good I had to share….This is from DianasDesserts.com For the cake:6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, cut into bits6 tbsp unsalted butter1 tsp vanilla extract1/3c. water6 large

mutant ninja peas

mutant ninja peas

So, I noticed when I looked closer at my sugar snap pea trellis for inspection, that a very strange thing was happening. The flowers were mutating into colors other than the normal white. And I don’t mean slight differences, these

mutant ninja peas

mutant ninja peas

So, I noticed when I looked closer at my sugar snap pea trellis for inspection, that a very strange thing was happening. The flowers were mutating into colors other than the normal white. And I don’t mean slight differences, these

My Philly Apartment

My Philly Apartment

I live in Philadelphia, I love my apartment. It’s a two bedroom, 1 bath, with hardwood floors, dishwasher and washer and dryer and storage in the basement. It’s the second floor of a duplex. The best part – I have

My Philly Apartment

My Philly Apartment

I live in Philadelphia, I love my apartment. It’s a two bedroom, 1 bath, with hardwood floors, dishwasher and washer and dryer and storage in the basement. It’s the second floor of a duplex. The best part – I have

my room!

my room!

Hey, I just stumbled upon this community and I think it’s a fabulous idea to share our rooms like that! I’m a 22 y-o girl from Canada and live upstairs from my parents who kindly let me rent a bedroom,

my room!

my room!

Hey, I just stumbled upon this community and I think it’s a fabulous idea to share our rooms like that! I’m a 22 y-o girl from Canada and live upstairs from my parents who kindly let me rent a bedroom,

Harvest Garlic: Zone 6 questions.

Harvest Garlic: Zone 6 questions.

I harvested my 12 square foot (4 meter) garlic patch today. The yield at a little over 10 pounds (4.5 kgs.) wasn’t bad, but I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Most of the heads were smaller than

Harvest Garlic: Zone 6 questions.

Harvest Garlic: Zone 6 questions.

I harvested my 12 square foot (4 meter) garlic patch today. The yield at a little over 10 pounds (4.5 kgs.) wasn’t bad, but I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Most of the heads were smaller than

Plant IDs Needed / Random Picture

Plant IDs Needed / Random Picture

Crappy camera phone pictures, yaaaaaaaay! A beach primrose! I think. It’s much prettier than the pink ones I see growing everywhere else. What the heck is this flower? Is this a St. Augustine grass flower? I believe these last two

Plant IDs Needed / Random Picture

Plant IDs Needed / Random Picture

Crappy camera phone pictures, yaaaaaaaay! A beach primrose! I think. It’s much prettier than the pink ones I see growing everywhere else. What the heck is this flower? Is this a St. Augustine grass flower? I believe these last two

pics/plant ID

pics/plant ID

Flourishing isn’t the word for our veggies: I need to find out what the hell plant I’ve got and how to make it bigger. The woman that snapped off a branch on the massive bush she had in her yard

pics/plant ID

pics/plant ID

Flourishing isn’t the word for our veggies: I need to find out what the hell plant I’ve got and how to make it bigger. The woman that snapped off a branch on the massive bush she had in her yard

Plant ID, Fellow Plant Nerdies

Plant ID, Fellow Plant Nerdies

This plant is possibly related to marijuana. We bought several and an hour later the car smelled uncannily like skunk weed! It’s quite an unusual find here and am itching to talk about it in our new garden blog!

Plant ID, Fellow Plant Nerdies

Plant ID, Fellow Plant Nerdies

This plant is possibly related to marijuana. We bought several and an hour later the car smelled uncannily like skunk weed! It’s quite an unusual find here and am itching to talk about it in our new garden blog!

Coltsfoot?

Coltsfoot?

I’ve got some wild flowers in my garden and I’m not sure of their name. The flowers always come before the leaves and the leaves are huge but I have no pics of them yet. They live in a rather

Coltsfoot?

Coltsfoot?

I’ve got some wild flowers in my garden and I’m not sure of their name. The flowers always come before the leaves and the leaves are huge but I have no pics of them yet. They live in a rather

3 garden pictures behind cut

3 garden pictures behind cut

Red hibiscus (it’s bigger than my whole hand) Ginger, blooming for the first time in 6 years. …

3 garden pictures behind cut

3 garden pictures behind cut

Red hibiscus (it’s bigger than my whole hand) Ginger, blooming for the first time in 6 years. …

yet another mystery plant

yet another mystery plant

I saw a BUNCH of these in Beartown State Forest in Western MA. It wasn’t a tree, but a shrub.. but some of the leaves were BIGGER than my hand (at last a foot wide!) Someone told me it was

yet another mystery plant

yet another mystery plant

I saw a BUNCH of these in Beartown State Forest in Western MA. It wasn’t a tree, but a shrub.. but some of the leaves were BIGGER than my hand (at last a foot wide!) Someone told me it was

Picture entry

Picture entry

I took some photos yesterday. We finally had a strech of days dry enough that I was able to get out into the garden and do some work. I got the corn and zuchinni planted (finally) and did a little

Picture entry

Picture entry

I took some photos yesterday. We finally had a strech of days dry enough that I was able to get out into the garden and do some work. I got the corn and zuchinni planted (finally) and did a little

Peekatures

Peekatures

Today, I have no questions for you, only pictures. I moved into my house in September, and it’s a rental so the landscaping had been pretty minimal… The lilac is crazily overgrown and didn’t bloom at all this year, and

Peekatures

Peekatures

Today, I have no questions for you, only pictures. I moved into my house in September, and it’s a rental so the landscaping had been pretty minimal… The lilac is crazily overgrown and didn’t bloom at all this year, and

Gardening Doldrums Update

Gardening Doldrums Update

I want to thank everyone for the advice you gave two days ago. This morning I got out and did some serious weeding in my wildflower/veggie bed. I brought the two stepping stones from the garage and moved brush to

Gardening Doldrums Update

Gardening Doldrums Update

I want to thank everyone for the advice you gave two days ago. This morning I got out and did some serious weeding in my wildflower/veggie bed. I brought the two stepping stones from the garage and moved brush to

My jumbled garden

My jumbled garden

Some dusk pictures of my jumbled, crazy backyard garden. Because it makes me happy! View from under my Lady Banks arbor one directionView from the other direction artichoke about to be swallowed by (soon to be thinned) borage raised bed

My jumbled garden

My jumbled garden

Some dusk pictures of my jumbled, crazy backyard garden. Because it makes me happy! View from under my Lady Banks arbor one directionView from the other direction artichoke about to be swallowed by (soon to be thinned) borage raised bed

I am newwwww.

I am newwwww.

Okay..my room is really stupid and boring, but I felt like posting some pictures of SOMETHING since I got a new camera today for my birthday (yay for friends =D). My door. I ♥ Pinups. Entering my room The room

I am newwwww.

I am newwwww.

Okay..my room is really stupid and boring, but I felt like posting some pictures of SOMETHING since I got a new camera today for my birthday (yay for friends =D). My door. I ♥ Pinups. Entering my room The room