Cucumbers, Melons and Squash Line-Up

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Grow-A-Long Fun, chores, food, gourds, grass, green, seeds, spring, veggies, vines, white on 2008-02-24, 06:34:00

I have a feeling, I'm going to have to do a LOT of digging this spring...to make more room for all of this stuff! And I'm going to use this opportunity to plead for others to join my Giant Pumpkin Contest! Yes folks, sign up, it's still not to late! I know those of you in more southern climes will be starting yours soon but that's OK! The prize will be awarded when everyone, southern and

Meat Rabbits

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Little Osa, Michigan, Mr. Hyper, Winter, food, girlgonegardening, holidays, houseplants, pets, photos, rabbits, weather, white on 2008-01-14, 17:58:00

25*, feels like 14*, 83% humidity, W 12 mph wind, light snow As you can see, our weather is back to normal seasonal winter crud. I was afraid my outside plants would start thinking that it was time to grow which would be disasterous. Yesterday I took the first step in raising my own meat here at GGG. Mr. Hyper and I drove up into Michigan to rescue a bunny that was heading for freezer camp with

Seeds

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to photos, roses, seeds, trees, white on 2007-12-29, 12:06:00

26*, feels like 18*, 73% humidity, W 7 mph wind, cloudy Rosa rugosa rubra seeds going into a baggy for cold stratification... Rosa rugosa white seeds soaking. Virginian Rose seeds after a soak. Japanese maple seeds after a soak.

8 Things that make me happy. (Garden Edition)

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Dirt, Flowers, animals, barefoot, birds, bugs, composting, fruit, garden, holidays, neighborhood, rabbits, rocks, roses, seeds, snow, trees, veggies, white, wildflowers on 2007-12-09, 12:17:00

Some of y'all may have seen these lists bumping around in the blogger world and so I too will list what makes me happy (or just 8 of them as it takes very little to make ol' girl gone gardening happy). Here they are in no particular order: 1) Starting plants from seed. Sure, sometimes there is some cursing involved like "Oh crap-noodles! MOLD!" but overall it is an engaging and fun experience.