Skip to main content

Featured

What I'm Reading This Week #28

Hello and Happy Friday my beautiful peeps!  Well, I guess I'm glad we did the tree last weekend because just as we were getting ready to leave Monday for a nursery field trip, the HOA maintenance dude shows up- no call, no email, just hoping we were home with no real knowledge of what needed to be done.  He chatted with the Mr, did a few caulks and took pics to get it submitted for siding replacement.  After that we got on the road to go to this big nursery.  Am I the only one that sweats off their sunscreen in sheets??  I swear I probably looked like I was having a stroke to passersby.  So I bought some powder sunscreen for our faces hoping that will help.  I was bummed this one great powder foundation I used years ago isn't around anymore since it had built in spf so I hope this stuff is comparable. Did a lot of stuff in the garden and it cracks me up how such a small space can take up so much of my time when I have chores to do.  The Mr's ban...
3 comments
CLICK HERE to continue reading

Hump Day Poll: For My Gardeners





Given the state of things around these parts, I'm considering gardening to help out a little.  Obviously, I need to be super frugal and I've only truly grown herbs and some stuff in hydroponic Aerogardens which have sadly gone out of business this year so in about 6 months their parts/pods will be sparse.  (Though I'm sure I can use coconut coir for pods)  I've been looking stuff up as much as I can but I thought I'd check with my peeps and see if anyone has any tips for a new frugal gardener with zero room for much more than maybe a raised bed and a few containers.  I'm thinking some spinach, hopefully arugula, peppers and anything else you think would be helpful.  (I know for sure I'll need to make some nets because we have bastard squirrels and munks like we breed them.)

Any tips? Tricks?


====================
Get posts sent straight to your inbox on Follow It. Some posts may contain affiliate links that help keep this blog running at no cost to you.  See the Disclaimer page for more info. All posts copyright Success Along the Weigh. All rights reserved.

Comments

  1. The Mr.March 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM

    Squirrels and chipmunks are cute and all but when they're stealing your food it's war!

    ReplyDelete
  2. WoodsyMarch 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM

    Back when I did our gardens I had really good luck with the following in both containers and little beds: potatoes, carrots, green peppers and jalapenos, lettuce and spinach, cherry tomatoes, and green onions, and cukes (need stakes though). For herbs, it was cilantro, thyme, chives, basil and rosemary. I did try broccoli and cauliflower one year and got a nice head of each, but only one, so not sure if that was a success or not. Strawberry pots are another option. My mom did those on the deck years ago.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Paula CMarch 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM

    Tomatoes & cucumbers are usually winners for us. Potatoes are easy too. Peppers will keep producing for quite a while. We like onions too.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Momof3,Grandmaof4March 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM

    My hubs is the gardener in our house, he's had a lot of success with potato, carrots, beans, rutabaga, spaghetti squash, tomato, spinach and strawberries. All in containers or small beds. He had enough potato to last us until Christmas last year. And I live in Newfoundland which has a VERY short growing season!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thanks for taking the time to comment! I appreciate your time! (Heads up though...disrespectful or spam comments will be deleted.)

Popular Posts