Maybelline's Garden

Summertime is hanging on by some very thin roots.  Kind of like a guest that simply can’t take the hint to leave even when you turn out the ...

These dinky grape sized golden tomatoes are called Gold Current.  Farmer MacGregor prefers these over the red cherry tomatoes.  He claims th...

Farmer MacGregor enjoys watermelon; so this winter I searched the Baker Creek seed catalog for the perfect variety.  The Malali seemed lik...

The Queen of the Garden celebrated her 19th birthday on Cinco de Mayo.  She enjoyed all the treats she could eat then perched up on the step...

In the last post I highlighted the western most raised bed .  Now let’s move east.  There are still onions developing.  They were planted on...

Bird damage control just got cranked up a notch.  The checkout stand at Von’s had a variety of miniature kites for the kiddies on special. ...

Last evening, we pulled out the last of the watermelon.  There were still a few melons developing.  There were even some blossoms; but they ...

I thought that the Crimson watermelons were less than the size of a golf ball at this stage. The vines are loaded with melons; but they'...