I’ve made my second picking of tomatoes of the year! It’s crazy to have tomatoes this early, but this is…
Author: Jenny Smith
I'm Jenny Smith. I blog about life on the 300+ acres of rolling farmland in Northern Virginia where I live. I like tomatoes, all things Star Trek, watercolor, and reading. I spend most days in the garden fighting deer and groundhogs while trying to find my life's meaning. I'm trying to be like Jesus -- emphasis on the trying.
Roses and more
Can you smell that? It’s the lovely scent of my New Dawn Rose on the wonky trellis, now in full,…
Beautiful peas
It is chilly here on our sunny hill this morning, but there isn’t any rain in the forecast, so I…
This is not extra…
Putting fairy lights on your cattle panel bean trellis is not extra. At all.
How not to build a cucumber trellis
This, right here, is why you don’t allow an electrical and computer engineer to build your prototype cucumber trellis unsupervised:…
Tomato Planting Day
We are back home from our last minute vacation to Orlando celebrating Sydney’s completion of three semesters of college and…
Think better
If you said riots would happen no matter how yesterday’s verdict went, please take a minute today to think about…
Tomato Flowers
Happy news!!! The tomatoes I grew from seed have started to grow their first little tiny flower trusses! look how…
First spring cleanup
I have not been motivated to do any spring cleaning up this year, and the weeds have taken advantage of…
Asparagus on parade
Well, it’s that time of year again: the time when I wonder why I never considered that one day we…