Archive for May, 2011

Fresh Basil

While waiting to get a new garden plowed and a fence put up (we have lots of deer, and have to keep them out of the crops) we decided to plant some tomato and basil plants in the flowerbeds!

The finished plant:

Learning to Compost

Growing up, we had a compost pile and garden, so one of the first things I wanted to do to green the cottage was start a pile. First we had to choose a spot, we haven’t created our full garden yet, so for now it is tucked into the edge of the woods.

This was the [...]