Posted in cucumbers, herbs, peppers, sun, tomatoes, winterizing on October 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, I saw the first frost yesterday morning (at least, I was up early enough to see whether there was frost). We had been prepared for it though…
Here’s a picture of the dying garden on Saturday afternoon before I started the dismantling process.
The tomato and pepper plants aren’t really quite dead, but it’s too [...]
Posted in cucumbers, herbs, peppers, tomatoes on October 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The end of the summer weather, that is. I suppose I shouldn’t feel so surprised, since it is practically the end of October and we’ve only had a few days of < 70-degree weather.
I think my cucumbers have all died The vines are all shrivelly and droopy. Part of it is [...]
Posted in Thankful Thursdays on October 18, 2007 | No Comments »
This week, I thank the Lord….
*for beautiful/exhilarating weather (even if it hasn’t thunderstormed… yet)
*for a chance to pare down the research I’ve been working on into a manageable, focused set of points for a paper
*for good teachers (who don’t make me feel stupid when I’m wrong)
Posted in watering on October 15, 2007 | No Comments »
I just want to say, I REALLY want a good thunderstorm. The weather forecast for my zip code predicts thunderstorms and an 80% chance of precipitation for tonight… I hope I hope I hope! But given the way the weather patterns have gone for the whole spring/summer/fall, we’ll probably get the 20% [...]
Posted in aphids, potting soil, sun on October 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I think I’ve been battling a new garden pest the past few days… whiteflies. Any time that I brush the tomato plants, and to a lesser extent the cucumbers and the peppers, a cloud of tiny white flying things arises.
I suppose they could be flying aphids, but when I described them to an entymologist friend, [...]
Posted in Thankful Thursdays, cucumbers, not about gardening on October 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Thank you, Lord!
for a great time at the PSU game with J on Saturday, even though we lost
for a renewing and challenging time of prayer at concert of prayer at our church. i’d never been to one before, and i was a little nervous… but it was a wonderful time to [...]
