What we got from Burpee

by | Mar 14, 2008 | Garden

So I’ve mentioned that we got seeds from Burpee a few times now…and you may be wondering what we ordered…so here goes – it’s a LONG list, I know. But the seeds there cost a fraction of the price here, especially for chili seeds so even...
Starting seeds in newspaper pots

Starting seeds in newspaper pots

by | Mar 14, 2008 | Garden

Because this is a blog about becoming more self-sufficient and “green” in general, I had a brain storm…well it actually resulted when I was feasting on the Burpee seed catalog and noticed a little gadget they have to assist in the making of newspaper...

Burpee seeds are on their way…

by | Feb 20, 2008 | Garden

I FINALLY placed our order today for a huge collection of Burpee seeds. Athough this will be our first experience with them, I’ve heard fantastic things and found so many things in their catalog that I wanted to try out. It’s mostly tomato and chili plants...

Cayenne harvesting

by | Oct 6, 2007 | Garden

We got quite a few nice peppers from our cayenne plants despite not really giving much love or attention to them. We decided to harvest a few of the peppers before we went away last week and hung them up in our kitchen to dry. We tried a little piece of one of them in...

Eggplants, chilies and tomatoes – oh my!

by | Aug 16, 2007 | Garden

Once again it’s been a while since our last garden update so here goes…I mentioned once or twice that we are giving our lettuce a try in window boxes along our courtyard and at the front of the house. These are the plants by the courtyard which are really...

Housewarming plants

by | Aug 10, 2007 | Garden

Last weekend we had a rather large housewarming party at our house with about 50 guests and 15 kids…it was definitely a pretty big deal and we were completely blessed to have gorgeous weather which allowed us to have the party outside. One of the things I find...