Comments on: Happy 2010

By: Hayley

Hayley — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:29:08 +0000

Evangeline. Sorry I’ve missed your posts. Don’t worry about aphids. They were destroying our rose bushes and I got a bunch of ladybugs and they totally decimated the aphids. Got to follow the directions and put the ladybugs on at night while they are sleepy or they’ll fly away. Also, there’s something you do w/water. Maybe water the base of the plant right after you put them on. Good luck w/the window garden sounds great.

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:32:01 +0000

AITG – Thank you! All of a sudden I’m sooo busy!

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:29:25 +0000

Hi Kay! Thanks for the support. I am really psyched about the backyard. It opens up all of these possibilities. Right now I’m researching where to get materials for raised beds – cheap! I’m picking up some wood I found on Freecycle, we’ll see how far that gets me. Thanks for offering to give me a hand! If you didn’t live so far away I’d take it. However, I’ve signed up husband up to help me out, and he’s pretty handy.

Your description of the garden you started for you mom is so moving. I hope you write about it some day. I remember my grandpa, in the last days before he went into nursing home had three tomato plants. Some days it was all he could do to get out there and water them, but he checked on them every day. Having something to take care of really kept him going. I feel really fortunate to be a part of this project.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:32:33 +0000

Oh! I need to subscribe to your blog so I don’t miss updated entries – glad you’re back in SoCal!

Wow that’s all great news on the gardening front. Having a backyard just 10 minutes away is a real gift. I do raised beds and containers here in my teeny backyard too. Have you started your beds yet? Need a hand? It’s a bit of work getting them started but lots of fun! Don’t forget to make room in the corner for a compost pile…

One last comment about your volunteer work with the senior center. You are spot-on about the value of gardening for folks at the end of their lives… I will never forget making a container garden for my Mom in a tiny Kansas backyard a year before she went into hospice, one of the last gardens she was ever able to enjoy. She loved tending it and eating vegetables she had grown, it connected her with her past and gave her a sense of purpose and peace.

By: Anarchy in the Garden

Anarchy in the Garden — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:12:12 +0000

Congratulations on all your projects!Sounds like you are off to a busy 2010.

By: melanie watts

melanie watts — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:41:51 +0000

It will be interesting to see photos of all 3 of your gardens. I’m especially interested in the things you will be growing in front of the big window.
And yes it really is that simple, put the seed into the ground, bury them no deeper than the size of the seed. Really tiny seeds need only to be pressed into the soil surface. Add water, not too much, you don’t want to drown them, and wait.