2 posts tagged “gardening”

I've been thinking about it, and I think I need to get Jerry Lewis to hold a telethon to raise money for research to train bunnies to eat crabgrass and not to eat the leaves of my soybean plants.

Crabgrass I've got in abundance in my garden.  Not so much with the soybeans thanks to Flopsy, Mopsy and George who live under my shed.  My sister pointed out that I'm a friend to the fuzzy bunnies.  Heck, I've got the best fed bunnies on the block! 

Deep in my heart I know it's my own fault.  I don't spray the back yard because I know the bunnies like to eat the clover.  Now, because I haven't sprayed the yard, the bunnies are enjoying the expanded buffet that we seem to be offering.  And, as a bonus, the crabgrass that I've allowed to remain amongst the clover is having its way with the rest of my garden.  I thought I'd start posting pictures of my garden on my food blog every Sunday. (There's no better motivation to get your garden weeded and back into shape than to say that you're going to post weekly pictures.) Unfortunately, I turned into a blog-slacker--which means I also turned into a garden slacker.   I'd run right out and weed it this morning, except it's been raining so it's too muddy. 

I tried brushing the dog, and putting dog hair all around the plants to keep the bunnies away.  I have no idea if it'll work or not, but some of the edamame leaves are starting to come back.  Someone pointed out that the Victory Garden guy frequently sprays his own urine on his garden to keep animals away.  I just don't think I want to go there.

Every time we get a stray warm day, (and by warm I mean above freezing,) I start thinking about gardening.  Ever since we moved in here, I've said that I'd like to start gardening.  The first year we lived here I spread weed stuff on the lawn, put in an herb garden, and put a few containers with flowers around the outside of the house.  Last year was just not a good year and all I did was mow the lawn--and deal with the remains of the huge tree that fell down.  (I also bought a compost bin and started filling it, but I don't know if throwing my eggshells and vegetable peels outside instead of in the trash counts as "gardening".)

The good news is that I've been keeping in mind that I *want* to landscape eventually; so I've been fairly good about adding to my compost bin, and last summer we spread the mulch from the oak tree with our landscaping in mind.  When I was cleaning out my mom's shed, I found several planters and a set of four plastic Adirondack chairs with matching foot stools and tables.  I also found a box that said it was a fountain, and she had a lot of soaker hoses and edging that I latched onto and plan to incorporate into this whole mess.

Steve and I were talking last night, and he mentioned that maybe we shouldn't make our goals too lofty if I'm going to be pregnant this summer.  I think I've decided to keep the herb garden, green the lawn, put in a small vegetable garden and maybe put up a trellis next to our side patio that will shield the patio from the street.  If I keep our flowers in planters they won't get weeds, and I can use child labor to weed the veggies.

I was watching a gardening show this morning, and they were talking about starting plants from seeds. I've done it before, and we have a perfect spot in the basement under a florescent lamp, so I might start looking at container gardens and seed sites online to start executing this grand plan.

Or I might just continue to think about it.  ;)