I was so excited to plant cucumbers in our garden this year.  I enjoy cucumbers fresh, but I was most looking forward to the prospects of ...

It never fails.  For about two months, the garden looks nice, neat and organized in the small patch of land we fenced off for it.  Then, boo...

This year has been quite trying for the garden.  Multiple severe thunderstorms, tornado warnings, and flash floods have left my holding me b...

We moved our young plants from the safety of the porch to the big world of the garden over the weekend.  I'm always nervous moving them ...

One of the new additions to our garden this year is the pea; the Oregon Sugar Pod to be exact.  The little sprouts are quite distinguishabl...

It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.  This year Emilie joined the fun as we planted seeds for our garden.  The kids didn...

The artichoke I have been watching is really starting to take shape.  I have been tempted to harvest it, but I'm going to give it a cou...

As I was scavenging the garden a couple of days ago, I happened to notice an artichoke plant developing a little artichoke in the middle of...

For all intents and purposes, this looks to be my last substantial harvest.  All in all, it's been a good year for the garden.  The mov...

This summer, I tasted the most juicy, sweet, flavorful cantaloupe.  Even better, it came from my very own garden.  I never realized gardeni...

It's been a good year for our garden so far, as everything inside that tiny wooden fence is flourishing.  It's a lot to keep up wit...

I've been closely watching our cherry tomato plant as the little tomatoes slowly change to red, eagerly anticipating plucking them off o...

Our cantaloupe plant became so big that we had to direct it out of the garden and into the yard, which has made for quite a lawn mowing hea...

My frost fears in April are all a distant memory as my garden is thriving.  I'm still learning about how far to space the plants since w...

When we planted our pumpkins, I had no idea they would produce such beautiful flowers.  It caught me off guard one morning as I was walking...

As I was pulling weeds around the blueberry bush the other day, I noticed a curious little plant that looked very familiar to me.  Upon clos...

I've learned a lot about gardening in the last year.  The most important lesson I have learned is to not get anxious.  Two days after tr...

We got the ground ready for our expanded garden the other day and anticipate transporting our little seedlings outside in the next week or s...