My Farmville Today

My Farmville Today

Thursday, June 30, 2011

My no till cardboard gardening method

Hey if you don't want to till a big garden or you want to relandscape an area where there is existing grass, why not try my no till cardboard gardening method.  So you start with a boat load of cardboard...flatten it out and lay it all over the joint.  Where ever you want to have a garden or a landscaped area.  Then wet it down....Cover it with dirt (I actually have a pick up truck so I get it by the truck load) but nonetheless, figure out how to get enough dirt/manure/compost to cover the area at least six inches tall.  Then after the card board gets wet enough, you can poke holes into and start planting.  Over time (like one growing season), this card board will decompose and you'll never know it is there.

Or another way is to get boxes like you see below and fill them with dirt and place them on the ground,,,I actually did this with plants I brought from my old house to my new house.  I placed the transplanted plants into these boxes and then filled in with dirt around the boxes and covering the boxes to make a raised landscaped bed.  You can see the pictures at the bottom, this is what it looked like at the end of one season.
This year it looks even more amazing.









Bridal Flowers I did for a wedding




Its that time of the year! Let's can something!!!

Last year's stash

Cucumbers starting to appear,,,hello Canned Pickles

Yummy, BLT's and Corn on the Horizon

Booty!

Green Bell Peppers!!!

My Garden Art

My interpretation of cucumbers
Last year, during the winter months, when Farmville is sleeping...I started painting what I call "Garden Art".  I paint vegetables, fruit, flowers things that relate to Farmville.  My plan is to go to the Art Festival one day and sell these paintings (along with my canned pickles and my new idea of selling Zinnia Seeds in little canning glass jars).  I am up to 28 paintings and will continue to paint once Farmville is dead this fall.  I found some old barn wood and made these frames.  Everything is polyuerthaned so that they can weather....And as you can see these are looking good even after all the rain we have had....I will post the other paintings soon....



These have been hanging outside for three months and weathering good



Up to 28 paintings

I work on four at a time


Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Farmville today

Farmville is exploding



Tomato plants







Zinnia fields and Flower Arrangements

Zinnias and Marigolds starting to bloom

Beautiful Pink Zinnia

My new cutting garden

1st Arrangement out of my garden


Start of my new cutting garden in front of the fence

Should look great next year

Wall of Zinnias and Marigolds