The Obsessive Gardener

I just realized that it is now nearly the end of the year and I did not plant any new tulips! This is a first in 14 years. The fall bulb buy...

For this weekend, I had on my "to do" list obtaining a piece of 4" piping to extend my downspouts since I had taken down the ...

And by big , I mean tall and wide. I want to increase the amount of perennial fruit that I have growing so that I can put up more preserves ...

I lost nearly the whole growing season. I've been more than a bit preoccupied with other things this year. But I still managed to do som...

We had tried out a reel mower for nearly a whole season. I love how quiet it is and that it is always ready to go with no start-up, but if y...

This weekend in the vegetable garden: I got all 30 of my tomato plants in the ground. I got all 16 of my pepper plants in the ground. I got ...

Things are finally starting to die down around here on the home front: some of the hubbub in the state has quieted, my son is out of school,...

My first Garden Blogger Bloom Day post of 2011, and things are looking pretty good out in the garden this spring. Bastogne's Parrot are...

Here are some more pictures from my garden. We had some 80F weather yesterday, so some of the tulips decided they had had enough. But there ...

My weekend is packed! So I will just leave you with some pics from my garden. Bloodroot hepatica humilis "Odalisque" humil...