bless-my-garden.com » planning http://bless-my-garden.com gardens not only produce food and flowers, but they are a place to commune with our Creator Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:00:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 instant garden http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/04/instant-garden/ http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/04/instant-garden/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:15:57 +0000 Penny http://bless-my-garden.com/?p=22 This was from last year… always learn from year to year, we go back to last year to evaluate and plan.

start with a good fenced garden spot 

remove horse

find a good guy with a Ford tractor (aka hubby)

go to co-op and buy plants because you have been too busy planning a wedding to start seeds

point nice tractor guy towards the garden spot and say “pretty please”

go later and tell him “well done and thank you”

put those nice plants in the ground with the help of several children you have birthed for just that reason

pray for rain—-


]]> http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/04/instant-garden/feed/ 0 what to plant? http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/03/what-to-plant/ http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/03/what-to-plant/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:50:00 +0000 Penny http://bless-my-garden.com/?p=16 When choosing the best things to plant it does you well to talk to local folks. If they sell it at your local co-op it is because it grows in your area. Now that doesn’t mean nothing else will, but I wouldn’t invest in a pound of seeds for something exotic. In these days though it never does hurt to have a separate garden a ways off just to grow some heirloom varieties. Most seeds these days are hybrids and you can get the seeds from the produce but it won’t germinate. Is there a plan there? Yes probably. So plant some heirloom basics every year and harvest the seeds and keep in the freezer.


]]> http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/03/what-to-plant/feed/ 0 what to do about weeds http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/03/what-to-do-about-weeds/ http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/03/what-to-do-about-weeds/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:41:00 +0000 Penny http://bless-my-garden.com/?p=13 If there is anything we usually have an abundance of it is weeds. But we have found a good solution, carpet. Yes carpet, old used carpet. We cut it in strips as long and as wide as the space between our rows. It keeps moisture, mud off your shoes, and does not let the weeds grow. You can usually get some from the dumpster of anywhere that sells carpet or floor coverings. Always asking first is a good practice. Don’t bother with the pad, it will crumble. If your garden spot has not been prepared by a horse or some other hardworking animal then you can get that carpet and before you cut it up spread out in your soon to be garden. It will block the sun that will be here sooner or later and keep those weeds from germinating. And it is a great way to recycle J.


]]> http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/03/what-to-do-about-weeds/feed/ 0 thinking of gardening http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/02/thinking-of-gardening/ http://bless-my-garden.com/2009/02/thinking-of-gardening/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:31:00 +0000 Penny http://bless-my-garden.com/?p=3 When you live in the country, you can’t live for the season, you always have to be planning for the next season. So as I look outside at the bleak nothingness I start thinking garden. Our garden was really good last year so let m tell you what has worked in the past. We have a very big garden, with 2 sides to it. each side is about 200 x 200 feet. It is fenced. In the winter we keep a big horse or several ponies in it. They eat all the weeds and remaining plants, and keep the ground worked and fertilize it also.


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