Perennial Garden Photos

Grandma's backyard grocery store 
I love gardening, whether it is flowers or edible fruit and vegetables. I also have 17 grandchildren whose parents struggle to give them fresh vegetables ...

What is this plant? 
I need your help!

I have been calling this plant salvia since we moved in this house last year. They are popping up all over the yard, so they are some ...

Playhouse Herb Garden 
For the contest. A neighbor had torn down their child's playhouse. I had decided to recycle the wood and make an herb garden that I placed right outside ...

Springs First Bloom 2012  Not rated yet
I have officially named the winter of 2011-2012 SWINTER. It has been the winter that was really spring.

I have absolutely no complaints. Here is my ...

Home Grown Tomatoes  Not rated yet
There is nothing quite like a fresh tomato that one grows themselves, so one summer I decided I was going to till up some land at my parents summer home ...

I killed a cactus  Not rated yet
I am a terrible green thumb. I don't grow plants, I kill them. My parents and I live in the desert, and we killed three mini-cacti. How?, you may ask ...

Vegetable Garden in my Front Yard  Not rated yet
I have a vegetable and fruit garden within the boundary of front of my house.It has 3 guava trees,2 lemon tree,1 wood apple tree and many other small vegetable ...

3 tips for your organic garden  Not rated yet
My hobby garden has completely taken over my backyard and workshop in the past few years. I find it an enjoyable hobby and these are some of the key staples ...

Gardening is one of my hobbies.  Not rated yet
I enjoy planting vegetables and plant those flowers. My vegetable garden is one of the loveliest fields. My field is a sort of mixture. I grow a variety ...

Backyard dreams  Not rated yet
My back yard garden is breath taking with beautiful lush and juicy strawberries growing near the house. Big purple grapes climb the trellis alongside my ...

Winter Garden  Not rated yet
The winter garden looked forlorn. Days of cold and wet conditions, which left us feeling down, had taken a toll on plants that normally would be thriving....

Pink Cyclamen  Not rated yet
I am so excited to find the most gorgeous fall flower for my garden the pink cyclamen. I bought some red ones too but forgot to take a photo.
The full ...

Free Worm Feed  Not rated yet
My daughters begged and begged and begged for some goats. So like any good parents (wink) we gave in and bought them two goats. These were added to our ...

Fall Garden Update Day 14  Not rated yet
The following are photos of my fall garden 2011, here in Texas.

As you can see the pole beans (next to the trellis) are growing like gangbusters. Also ...

Fall Garden Update Day 7  Not rated yet
This are photos of my fall garden after 7 days in the ground.

I am pretty proud that most of the seeds have already germinated and are growing nicely....

Horse Trough wormbins  Not rated yet
My two main worm bins right now ware my horse trough bins.

The are galvanized tin bins and the worms do great in them.

I use an old piece of plywood ...

Paper shreds in worm bin  Not rated yet
I use paper shreds in my worm bins for a variety of reasons.

I use them as feedstock when I am going away for a week or so.
I use them to cover food ...

Castings Storage  Not rated yet
I store my worm castings in a 35 gallon food grade barrel.
I drilled holes in it and use an old trash can lid as a topper.
It is very important to keep ...

flow through worm bins  Not rated yet
Thought I would share some photos of my flow thru wormbins.
I have a love hate relationship with them.

I love them because they will hold a large amount ...

Texas Fall Garden  Not rated yet
I finally planted my fall garden. The summer heat here in Texas was painfully hot and long.

My summer garden burned up quickly, sad to say.

Two days ...

My Black Thumb  Not rated yet
I am waiting to fall in love with gardening. I have long believed I have the “black thumb of death” in regards to growing plants. I have killed aloe! After ...

Borrowed Garden Plot  Not rated yet
This year, I decided I was going to attempt to grow an organic vegetable garden. This was to be my first attempt, and at my mother's house no less. I do ...

It’s easy to compost  Not rated yet
When I moved into my first house with a large yard, I was dismayed about the annual cost of $100 for the mandatory yard waste service. I was told the ...

Gardening a great way to start fresh everyday  Not rated yet
Gardening tops the list of hobbies everywhere in the world. Gardening ensures a calm and peaceful atmosphere. I get great pleasure in gardening. It keeps ...