Category Archives: gardening

January 2009 Gardening Update

Hello to all my readers who are gardening fans!! Mr. A kept the garden watered while I was sick, and on Saturday I made the trek out to see what was going on. Lung infections sure do sap your strength and energy. Just walking the 70′ out to my garden from the front door wiped me out for a while. Thankfully I have a couple of sitting areas in my garden where I could take a break once I got… Read the rest

Extending the Life of Your Seeds

I never really thought about how I stored my seeds, but it makes sense now that I know it can be done. When I planted my garden in September, I thought most of my two year old seeds would still be viable. Sadly, that was not the case and only a fraction of the seeds I planted ended up germinating. Thanks to a twitter message from treesandshrubs on how to make origami seed packets (very neat frugal idea!) I found… Read the rest

Giant Lettuce

Last night we feasted on a lovely salad, made with this giant head of lettuce from my garden. I believe it is a romaine-type lettuce. I get my lettuce seeds from Pinetree, I love their lettuce mix. So I don't really know exactly which one this is. It is very good tasting and will be enough for three salads. Yours Truly, Thank you for visiting Out of Debt Again! Subscribe to receive free email or RSS notifications and don't miss… Read the rest