Monthly Archives: January 2011

Everything’s Growing

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

The garden’s looking great. The sunflowers are all opening and make a nice cheery splash against the fence. My mounding experiment is not really panning out. I remounded around some rocket and radishes this week since they seem to be … Continue reading →

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More firsts

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

Today the second banana spear showed its first hand.  Now that I know what I’m looking for, I’m watching this one to see how fast its hands appear. The first spear has a half-dozen or so hands all nicely green … Continue reading →

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Tomato Harvest & mildew prevention

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

Today’s harvest of tomatoes. Last night I had a headache and ate a pile of tomatoes for dinner. Tonight, bruschetta perhaps? They are fresh, yummy and good as a snack if we don’t cook with them. I also sprayed the … Continue reading →

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2nd Banana Spear

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

Yesterday Frank pointed out to me that our banana plant has a 2nd spear. It’s already January so I’m very sceptical that it will ever have any ripe bananas on it, but I’m glad to see it happily producing anyway. … Continue reading →

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First Sunflower

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

The first sunflower opened today. I can’t say it looks like the “giant” it is supposed to be, but maybe it’s still young. All the others have large heads on them and I’m sure they’ll follow suit in the next … Continue reading →

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Birdbath

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

Here’s a birdbath Frank made out of an old hanging lamp shade and old fence palings. Today we put the stones in (for the birds to sit on while flapping about). I’m hunting for some plants that might be suitable. … Continue reading →

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Mounding dirt

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

A lot of what I plant is feeble and lies down after being watered. Much never rises again. One theory is that I’m planting too shallow (regardless of whether I follow the directions on the packet or not). Another theory … Continue reading →

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