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Presidential Living
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We are the Kennedys but not those Kennedys. I am a Martha Stewart wannabe. I love to cook and am delving into the world of organic gardening. This is my journey of becoming a kitchen gardener, living life fully and sustainably. However I am sure I will find room for other musings.
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Questions

I can not figure out the cause to some of my garden failures this spring.  I am honestly asking these questions hoping someone out there will know what might be the problem.  Id like to not...

15 h ago

Swap Out

Today I swapped out the eggplant on the left for the eggplant on the right.  I planted the first seedling almost a month ago.  And it has pretty much looked the same since then.  ...

1 day ago

Tomato Supports

I was able to get all of the tomato supports in recently as they are getting larger and it needed to be done soon.  I like to use a combination of stakes and tomato cages.  My tomatoes get ...

2 days ago

Harvest

This week was a bountiful harvest of more garlic scapes!

3 days ago

Hot!

With all this heat we are having (highs in the 90s with a heat index over 100) it is imperative to be watering the garden.  I got the soaker hoses in earlier this week and have started watering ...

4 days ago

Tomatoes!

I am very excited to say that 5 of my 11 tomato plants have set fruit.  I havent ever had a plant set fruit in May.  It seems I might have tomatoes before July!Here are the beauties:Manitob...

4 days ago

Checking In On The Bees

Since installing the bees I havent gone into the hive.  I should have gone in weeks ago to make sure the queen was doing her job and producing more bees.  But life and the weather got in th...

6 days ago

The Peas Are Coming

It wont be long now.

25 may 12

Asparagus

8 out of 10 crowns that I planted this year have so far come up.  Hopefully this years crowns will be more successful than last years.  If they dont come back up next year then I am done wi...

23 may 12

Garden Progress

Things seem to be coming along with all the newly planted seeds and summer crops.The kale has come up.The zinnias and cosmos are chugging along.The potatoes have been hilled up.The provider beans cam...

22 may 12

Go Cincinnati

I mentioned that I participated in Go Cincinnati over the weekend.  Go Cincinnati is an event thrown by our church that organizes multiple service projects over the city in one day.  This y...

21 may 12

Our Weekend

We had a very busy weekend.  We: Attended a wedding. I participated in Go Cincinnati with my friend Marla.Lastly and most importantly Andy competed in a dance off.Hope your weekend wa...

21 may 12

More Peonies

I have been happily been enjoying many fresh cut peonies in the house.  Unfortunately the peony season is short and sweet.Last year I tried saving some using a technique I saw on Martha Stewart ...

18 may 12

Clover & Bees

We have alot of clover in our yard and I find it relaxing to watch the bees go from blossom to blossom.

17 may 12

Onions and Leeks

I didnt plan on planting onions this year but as I was picking up my started leeks there were some "Candy" onions and I thought I would give them a try.  I normally start onions fro...

16 may 12

First Tomato

Im surprised and cant believe it but I already have a tomato growing on the Celebrity plant.

15 may 12

Planting the Summer Garden

Last week I was able to spend a day planting most of the Summer garden.I filled in more parsnip seeds into spots where the others did not germinate.  I planted the snapdragons that were started ...

15 may 12

Harvest

Its another good week for herbs.  This will probably be my last large bunch of chive blossoms and I am going to give a whirl to making chive blossom vinegar since this time of year I hear everyo...

14 may 12

Happy Mothers Day

We had a wonderful Mothers Day and I hope you did too.  I hosted this year and we celebrated with both of our mothers.Little hands were having a hard time waiting for lunch to be ready.

14 may 12

Ladybug

It must be a good sign to already see ladybugs in the garden!

11 may 12

Surprising

I thought after the potatoes hadnt come in for over 2 weeks that my first year trying potatoes was a bust.  In fact I bought another tomato plant to go in their place.  That was until ...

10 may 12

Blooming

The peonies are beginning to bloom.  I can hardly contain my excitement!

09 may 12

Planted

I have planted most of the tomatoes.  Part of me cant believe it is already time and the other part of me is chomping at the bit.To plant my tomatoes I dig really deep holes, about 10-12 inches ...

08 may 12

Harvest

Its not much but it is something.  Some chive blossoms, a few radishes and the only salvageable mint from the plant that I replaced.

07 may 12

Problem?

Is it a problem when you have more tomatoes than what can fit in your garden?  I thought I wasnt going to find Arkansas Traveler this year but surprisingly I did along with Amish Paste...

06 may 12

Potting Up

I finally went ahead and potted up the snapdragon and basil.  The sunflowers also got a larger home.  I need to start hardening them off to go outside soon.

03 may 12

Tomato Line Up

Yesterday I told you about two of my tomatoes that I am most excited to see how they do.  Here is the rest of the lineup that I have so far:Super Sweet 100 - I like to have one cherry tomato for...

03 may 12

Tomatoes

I spent two hours at the garden center this weekend milling over tomatoes.  I have a tomato addiction.  When I go to the store I always want more than I can possibly fit into my garden. &nb...

01 may 12

April Successes and Failures

Its the last day of April and its time to show off this months fantastic failures and successes.FAILURES:All of my chitted spinach germinated and then promptly died.  It seems that lettuce is no...

01 may 12

Pea Pesto

 I have seen various recipes on different versions of pesto, one being pea pesto.  Peas are in season and fresh right now so I thought I would give it a shot.  In true Vanessa fashion ...

26 apr 12

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