Category Archives: gardening

Gardening Carnival

My hay twine post was included at the May 28th My Gardening Patch Carnival. Thank you My Gardening Patch for the work you put into this carnival. It is a huge carnival, take a few minutes to pop over and check it out! Mrs. AccountabilityOUT OF DEBT AGAIN is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to AMAZON.COM. OUT… Read the rest

Upright Gardening: A Use For Hay Twine

I realize that many of my readers don't have 25 miles of hay twine lying around, but I just love finding and sharing about frugal uses for things that normally have no practical use.   We've had goats for going on seven years now [SEVEN YEARS? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?] and the bales of hay are tied together with a nylon twine.  Over the years I've viewed the piles and piles of pieces of hay twine and wished I could figure… Read the rest

May 2009 Gardening Update

I have settled into a routine of watering the garden on Monday and Wednesday evenings during the week.  I usually don't take a look at the garden on Thursday night, so by Friday morning I haven't seen the growth and activity for a day and a half. I was so excited on Friday morning to see all the squash flowers.  There were fifteen! Only one was a female flower, the others were all males. But that's a good thing, there… Read the rest

April Garden Update

My garden is doing so wonderfully! I planted sunflower seeds about ten days ago and eight of them have come up. I'm hoping to see one more pop out. They are the gigantic sunflowers so they have to be planted eighteen inches apart. I was sick on Wednesday (food poisoning) and am still feeling worn out and weak so I don't think I'll get around to my zinnia bed this weekend as planned. Hopefully next weekend. UPDATE: I actually felt… Read the rest