Planting Corn: Sweet Corn, Popcorn, and Dent

Planting corn into the vegetable garden is always one of the very first tasks that I need to complete in the summer garden. Though my last frost date has not technically passed, the forecast looks great until the actual date - so I'm going for it! This year, I'll be planting several types of corn…

End of June Garden Update 2018

I can't believe that it's already almost the end of June. That's one thing about the warm weather - I spend all winter long waiting for it. It feels like it takes forever to arrive, but when it does - it flies by. That bothers me, a lot. Anyhow, let's take a quick look around…

Making a Festive Fall-Inspired Broom with Broom Corn

Hi Lovelies, Day 19 is here, and I feel like I've got something pretty neat to share - I made a broom. I grow broom corn or sorghum mainly because I think that it's super cute in fall arrangements. In fact, I had so much of it - I was sticking stalks into everything I…

Hardy Annual Update – Blog-tober Day 6

Hi Lovelies, After finishing last night's post about anemones, I've got to slow my roll a little bit. Besides - with tulip planting, hoophouse building, and new Youtube videos on the way (subscribe! whoop!); I need just a little bit of time to gather and collect my thoughts. Around the September 20; I pulled up…