Northview Diary

BFFF (Big fat fluffy fellow)   I'm a sucker for odd plants . Big plants. Hard to grow plants. Almost all plants.  I found this one over ...

Slightly broken storage tote planted to green beans, and an accidental canna, which must have been in the dirt   Container gardening.....

Yellow tomato sauce to freeze for winter Red ditto Bizzy Lizzie

When the weather radar shows big blue sunbursts of migratory birds taking off early in the morning, right within fifty miles of your hom...

So many years ago ...the shop is closed now I guess...but I used to buy herb plants and bring them home. They have been moved so many ti...

BTW, this is Liz's arm You run over to the milk house windowsill at the barn to get a roll of Vetrap to doctor on your arm, upon ...

Becky and I finished it today . Everything is planted, except possibly some pumpkins or gourds in some new ground. (Dear friend, Number...

Beans are in bloom .  Squash and carrots are up.   Peas are getting big. So are the varmints.

Out with the old From a weed patch full of nettles and cow parsley to a squash garden in just a few s teps. This actually was a ...

And all of you winter-weary good folks out there. The geraniums are already showing signs of damping off. Darned things anyhow; they are...

http://pwconserve.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/insects-are-our-friends-red-flat-bark-beetle/ Gonna be big this year . Heck, I'm already...

Why, yes, we do! Got squash as big as doggies? Yep, those too! Alan and I went spelunking among the garden regions...

We spent last week filling one of the freezers with vegetables . As cold as the mornings are now....sweatshirt weather, and making me c...

Maybe. Started this plant specifically to bring in and kept it on the porch all summer. It is doing quite well so far. My biggest concern i...

Of an impending first frost. You get to pick all the tiny little baby squashes with the flowers still unopened on the end and saute them wi...