I'm going to share with you how I use Essential Oils for Gardening, and then I'll share my Gardening Basket that I made just for you and here's why... As I am entering my second year of gardening here at Sur le Rocher I thought it would be fun to share with you some...
Potager 101
My Gardening Insecurities & a Spring Garden Tour 2019
‘Scuse me whilst I dig the dirt out from under my fingernails… … I just looked down and realized how horrid they actually look. It’s definitely NOT manicure season. ‘Tis the season of compost, and calluses, Of worms and worn wooden handles, The season of a happy heart...
What to do in the Garden Before Winter – Find Out!
What to do in the Garden Before Winter? Gotcha. This isn't your typical gardening post. No, no... come back! Read on! It's a fun one! I mean, come on. We all pretty much can figure out. What to do in the garden before winter. You can let it lie till...
Potager Week 4 – How to Cut Lilacs
Big Daddy's Birthday Weekend always comes when the Lilacs are in bloom. This year the children did as they always do for daddy. They gather little somethings from around the house... things they think he would like... things he has misplaced... they creatively wrap...
Potater Week 3… Loss on the Farm
Parenting is hard. In fact, hubby and I have come to the conclusion that if it's not hard every single day... you must be doing something wrong. (Like letting stuff slide that shouldn't). I need to write more on this. -------------------------- Getting out the door is...
Potager Week 2
Today it's short, sweet and cold. Like... freezing. Like the tarp that goes under our pool is covering my precious strawberries, the rosemary are draped in beach towels, the leeks covered by vintage tablecloths and I am just plain saying a prayer for all the lavender....
Week by Week in my Potager
It's that time. The temperatures are leveling out, the wind has mellowed and the spring plantings have called. Our whole schedule changes now as a family as we switch from "Hit it Hard" - our motto for the first quarter to "Get Outside" our motto for the second...
Gardening Questions Answered
Bonsoir Ladies,A few gardening questions came thru on my most recent post so I thought I'd ask if there were any others and put them in a formal blog post. Maybe make a bi-weekly thing of it for the spring/summer... we'll see.Not that I am all that, a master...
Companion Planting – From My Potager to Yours
So... it's 2013. You're not still using chemicals in your garden are you? Mais bien sur, I am giving you a hard time but with all the information at our fingertips these days about organic gardening if you are still using chemicals - why not step the gardening...