Starting point

I have intended for years to follow the advice from so many other gardeners, and virtually all of the gardening books I have read as to keeping a garden journal. This blog will be my garden journal.


To begin allow me a brief introduction to my own gardening ideas, attitudes, and practices. I do not use pesticides or herbicides, or chemical fertilizers. I employ the "organic" practices which I learned at my parents' side so many years ago. I maintain a small kitchen garden in which I am experimenting with different crops, different varieties, and different practices in preparation for a larger garden I intend to have in the future.

While we never have to stop gardening here in central Texas, I have today begun in earnest the process of the spring garden. I ordered a number of plants from Rareseeds.com I am ordering a number of new varieties to try this year including:

Cucumber - Marketmore 80
Squash - Winter - Vegetable Spaghetti
Squash - Winter - Table Gold Acorn
Squash - Summer - White Scallop
Squash - Summer - Early Prolific Straightneck

Currently in the garden I have snow peas, oregano, garlic, cilantro, flat leaf parsely, lemon verbena, family heirloom horseradish, and spinach.