About
Welcome to my garden! Join me in the trials and errors of my new passion. Plan is for this to be fun, healthy and rewarding!
Currently, I'm a Real Estate Investor, mother of two and serious blogger at KarensPerspective.com.
Categories
- Asparagus
- Beans and Potatoes
- Black Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Broccoli
- Cantelope
- Carrots
- Chamomile
- Cucumber
- Farmer's Almanac
- Fruit Cocktail
- Fun Stuff
- Garden Organization
- Garlic
- General
- Getting Started
- Ground Cover
- Herbs
- Hostas
- Lemon Thyme
- Lemongrass
- Lettuce
- Onions
- Organic
- Parsley
- Planting
- Pond
- Potatoes
- pumpkins
- Raspberries
- Resources
- Roses
- Seeds
- Soil and Mulch
- Spinach
- Strawberries
- Successes
- Thyme
- Tips & Suggestions
- Tomatoes
- Trees
- Waiting
- Watermelon
- Weather & Climate conditions
- Weeds
- Weeping Norwegian Spruce
Archives
Author Archives: Karen
Regrowth from Last Season!
We had such a mild winter that everything survived. The only herbs that died were the basil and tomatoes (do tomatoes count?). In the garden, besides what I’ve planted, from last year onions and potatoes are already coming up. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Black Raspberries, Blueberries, Chamomile, Lemon Thyme, Onions, Potatoes, Raspberries, Strawberries, Successes, Thyme
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Farmer’s Almanac says This is the Best Day to Plant Beans, so I did..
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It doesn’t look like much yet…
But I’ve planted broccoli, lettuce, spinach, onions, and carrots. We’re on our way to some good eatin’!
Posted in Broccoli, Carrots, Getting Started, Lettuce, Onions, Spinach
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Farmers’ Almanac – March 2012
What good gardener doesn’t consult the Farmer’s Almanac..? If you don’t, you should. Here’s what is says for March: March 2012 9th-11th Favorable Days For Planting Root Crops, Fine For Sowing Hay, Fodder Crops, And … Continue reading
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Weeping Norway Spruce
56* today and I’m getting my garden ready. The plot has been tilled and today I planted my first veggies – broccoli. Oops, time to check the Farmer’s Almanac. It hasn’t failed me, yet. Hope I didn’t plant on … Continue reading
Posted in Broccoli, Getting Started
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Had My Garden Tilled Today!
I’m so ready to plant.. What’s first?
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My Garden Just Keeps Giving!
The crows have given up. But they just keep growin! Can anyone say, “big ol pot a soup!”?
Posted in Carrots, Garlic, Onions, Potatoes, Watermelon
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Watermelon and Cantelope
My first year of growing melons was a huge success. Almost. The cantelopes and watermelons grew so big and looked like the ones I see at the Farmer’s Market. The day before Jim and I were to leave town, … Continue reading
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Watermelon and Cantelope
My first, and largest, watermelon split. Ugh. I now have 2 watermelons left and about 5 tiny cantelopes. What are the odds that any make it to maturity? Sure exciting to watch!
Posted in Cantelope, Watermelon
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