What I'm All About:
I grow cut flowers for brides and florists, but I also blog my gardening adventures as a commercial and home gardener. I primarily grow perennials in an effort to create a habitat for bees, birds, butterflies and other critters, but I also grow some favorite annuals every year from purchased or saved seed (or both!). In these pages you will find a mixture of advice, rants, growing information for flowers and herbs, links and resources, photo albums, and everything in between.
I live in Batesville, Mississippi, Zone 7B, so what I do in my garden may not necessarily work for you.
If there is anything you would like to see added to the site or have any gardening questions you think I can answer, please feel free to send me an e-mail. See my About me page for more info.
Recent Posts:
Date: Saturday December 19, 2009 Planted in: Experiments, Growing in the Greenhouse, Seasonal Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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I never have enough soil. I’ve bought bags, bought it by the yard and even made my own and I never have enough. Since I don’t till, I have to rely heavily on compost for lasagna garden beds. It tends to run out, even when I steal leaves from the side of the road.
I used [...]
Date: Thursday December 3, 2009 Planted in: Container Gardening, Experiments, Growing in the Greenhouse, Square Foot Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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I managed to drag the storage box out to the greenhouse and fill it with soil. Prepare yourselves…
A box of soil! The box measures approximately 39″x22″ by 6″ deep. If you missed the earlier post explaining my project, here it is. I decided to nix the tomatoes and cukes until I can get a bigger [...]
Date: Wednesday December 2, 2009 Planted in: Container Gardening, Experiments, Growing in the Greenhouse, Square Foot Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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I’ve decided to grow all of my lettuce, carrots, radishes and some tomatoes and cukes this winter – all in the greenhouse and in a discarded underbed storage box. The tomatoes and cukes will be in large pots with tomato cages for support, but the rest will be grown in a plastic storage container. [...]
Date: Tuesday March 3, 2009 Planted in: Community Gardens, Gardening News, Green Living, Organic Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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Gardening is more popular than ever, thanks to a flagging economy and the sudden rush to “green” living. People have become more conscious about how their decisions affect the world around them, and have become more centered at home as travel and leisure has gotten more expensive.
Edible Landscapes and Community Gardens
Perhaps my favorite swelling [...]
Date: Thursday February 19, 2009 Planted in: Container Gardening, Frugal Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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Even if you don’t have a yard, you can grow vegetables on your patio or balcony. Seed sellers have learned that apartment and condo-dwellers like fresh vegetables too, and sell a variety of seed that is suitable for pot culture. I’ve included a list of varieties at the end of this post for reference. Herbs [...]
Date: Monday February 16, 2009 Planted in: Container Gardening, Frugal Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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There was a time when people grew all their own food, instead of relying on supermarkets, farmers’ markets and restaurants to purchase from. I hope to see an upsurge in home gardeners and community gardens as the economy ticks lower, and groceries become too expensive for some people.
When you think “home vegetable garden” do [...]
Date: Sunday September 21, 2008 Planted in: Seasonal Gardening, Vegetables Planted by: Jennifer Tidwell
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I’ve decided to grow some winter greens in my flower bed instead of it lying dormant and bare all winter. I picked up lettuce, spinach and broccoli seed today and had already begun to clear out the flower bed in front of the house.
All the mulch I put down this summer has completely disintegrated due [...]
