My rhubarb is up and ready to sell at the stand at 1041 Ivanhoe Rd, Max Meadows, Virginia, or send to your location. Call me (Joanne) at 276-595-1172 to see what’s available for you. We’ve been eating it for the past week! Rhubarb is technically a vegetable, but historically has been eaten as a fruit. …
Just noticed some random garlics that I failed to dig up last year. When the whole bulb is left in the ground like these, they produce tightly-bunched tiny bulbs. They are hard to peal and should not be planted as next year’s seeds. They are putting up scapes already. Scapes are long, curled spikes with…
Found a surprise baby pumpkin on the volunteer plants in the herb bed. It is just 2 inches now, but will be larger and orange by September. More pictures then.
Planted 6 rows of sweet corn. This will grow 6 feet tall and produce sweet, tender corn for table use. I prefer Bodacious for sweetness and dependability.
What a blast. The yw came from church to help paint the fences. But, it rained. For a quick substitute project we did garden work: Drew jobs from the job jar I made, and each girl learned a new project in the garden. Three clipped back the spent blossoms on the chives. Three got to…
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