Category Archives: plant shopping

Jumping the gun

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Sandi

I couldn’t help it. I know it’s way too early to plant. And I don’t plan on planting anytime soon. The snow just finished melting about a week ago, for Pete’s sake. But I was at a happy hour gathering … Continue reading →

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The possibilities are endless

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Sandi

It’s that time of year. The garden catalogs started arriving a couple of weeks ago. It’s such an exciting time–at this point, the possibilities are endless. Should we grow potatoes again?  If so, should we just use the sprouting potatoes … Continue reading →

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Shopping for veggies

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Sandi

I think I may be done vegetable shopping.  It seems impossible—I feel like I’ve hardly ordered anything! But, as I posted a few days ago, I ordered potatoes and sweet potatoes, and on the same day I also ordered my … Continue reading →

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Too many choices

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Sandi

I know I’ve mentioned a couple of times already how exciting I think it is when the seed catalogs start arriving. In addition to the previously mentioned D. Landreth Seed Company catalog that was passed on to me from a … Continue reading →

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To grow or not to grow. . . asparagus

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Sandi

The arrival of the seed catalogs has caused much excitement at our house, as I’m sure you could have guessed.  (Or read about it in my blog entry last Friday.) One of the things we’ve been debating is whether to … Continue reading →

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The most wonderful time of the year

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Sandi

Well, ONE of the most wonderful times of the year, certainly. . . the seed catalogs have started arriving!!! I always know it’s coming, but still I’m always kind of surprised by how EXCITED it still makes me. Burpee, Territorial … Continue reading →

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Pots revisited

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Sandi

Regular readers may remember photos, way back in May, of some beautiful new pots I’d  gotten at Laughing Earth Nursery in Ada.  I posted pictures pretty much right after I’d planted them—they looked nice, but of course the plants were … Continue reading →

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I’m baaaack!

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Sandi

Yes, I’m aware you probably weren’t all sitting at your computers with baited breath, just waiting for me to post again.  But I was out of town this weekend and just came back yesterday, so I missed my usual Monday … Continue reading →

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A good partner

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Sandi

Trevor and I started gardening together—our first garden was a small vegetable patch we carved out of the back yard because we both really wanted to try canning salsa.  Our gardening experiment then grew by leaps and bounds until it … Continue reading →

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Catalog shopping

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Sandi

I got the new van Bourgondien catalog in the mail last week.  I get a ton of plant and bulb catalogs—I’ve ordered from many with variable results. But I have been happy with the things I’ve ordered from van Bourgondien … Continue reading →

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