Maybelline's Garden

I took advantage of some very rare cloud cover this morning to take on some fall garden tasks. (Fall in spirit only because the temp today...

 Here's what's going on in the garden after some nice rain before we head into a scorcher of a week. Several lavender plants are ...

Celebrity Tomatoes Just came in from the garden at 8:35pm.  Temperature:  95°.  Carumba! The tomatoes have gone buzzerk and needed to be...

The time for picking peas has come to an end.  Peas are planted at the tail end of summer to get them up and growing through the winter. ...

Tall Telephone Peas were planted on September 18, 2010.  I’ve been harvesting them for sometime now; but only recently have any made it to ...

  Tall Telephone Peas were planted back in September and are now finally starting to fatten up.  That’s five months.  I thought I would ...

One of the raised beds in the garden has been dedicated to Forrest and Jenny this fall/winter.  Nothing but peas and carrots are growing the...

Fall planting is almost complete.  I’m a bit late but I hope to see some results.  As expected, the radishes are up.  The radishes pictured...

Volunteer Yukon Gold potatoes are growing amongst the green bunching onions.  They need to be removed to allow for healthy tomato growth.  T...

The last of the peas have been pulled out in preparation for the summer plants to get started.  The stakes were pulled.  The dried out plan...

Where did the term pea pickin’ minute come from?  If pea picking is supposed to be quick then I have lots of improvement to make.  I picke...

Here’s a few things that have been going on in the garden. March 6, 2010 – The tomato seeds sprouted.  They were planted, along with pepp...

The peas are really thriving in the warm weather.  The loads of white blossoms are maturing into sweet pea pods.  When I’m out in the garde...