Much to my surprise, my husband decided to build me a new garden on the other side of the fence (in the barnyard) where the fence on that property makes a corner. (He really wants sweet potatoes.) He used the fence and added posts and then he used leftover Hardie board to make the raisedContinue reading “Deterring Deer”
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Sweet Potato Harvest
I need to get the beds where I grow my sweet potatoes put to “bed” for the winter by adding more compost and covering them thickly with mulch to keep the weeds at bay, so it was time to dig sweet potatoes. The deer really love sweet potato leaves and they hit these beds reallyContinue reading “Sweet Potato Harvest”
Garden Update–All this rain has been good for something…
We have had a relatively coolish spring, and May has been record tying/breaking rainy. I have struggled to keep up with the yardwork between raindrops–our yard has looked like a hayfield at times. BUT, the rain has also been good for the gardens. We’ll start out by the garden shed. This is the asparagus thatContinue reading “Garden Update–All this rain has been good for something…”
Cathy At Home on the River 