Meadowwood Garden — Adventures in Vegetable Gardening

Carnival of Homesteading No Theme Edition – August 3, 2009

Welcome to the August 3, 2009 edition of carnival of homesteading. Gardening Cindy S presents Fruits from Our Labor posted at Oh My Aching Debts, saying, “We have had a challenging start to our garden but look at what we have harvested so far” Cindy S presents The Bunny Wars posted at Small Homestead, saying, [...]

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Nature is Everywhere

Yesterday I came across a post by Susan Harris at Garden Rant titled You don’t have to hike into the wilderness to experience nature. Just garden. She writes about a column in yesterday’s New York Times titled How to Lick a Slug. In it the columnist laments about how nature is not as much a [...]

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Purrfectplay Organic Dog Toys

A few weeks ago Pam from Purrfectplay.com sent along a box of organic dog toys for Zoe to evaluate. Thank you Pam! Zoe liked the toys so much I decided to share her experiences in case any readers might be looking for high-quality toys for their cat or dog. First impressions count, and it became [...]

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End of July Garden Updates

Two months into the growing season and there is a lot going on at MWG. The freaky weather that had caused everything to grow slow is long gone and the garden is booming at the moment! Tomatoes are just starting to come on in force. Tons of green ones and a handful of ripe ones [...]

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Meadowwood Garden Pico de gallo

Our version of a Pico de gallo. Easy to make, fresh and delicious! Exact measurements are not important — the idea of Pico de gallo is to use what you have on hand. This should be completely drained of liquid and served fresh. Refrigeration will dull the taste. Ingredients: Tomato (remove seeds) Onion Pepper (Jalapeno [...]

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Raised Bed Disadvantages

Many MWG readers use raised beds in their vegetable gardens. I do too – raised beds have so many advantages for the home vegetable gardener that is is hard to imagine gardening any other way. As good as raised beds are, however, they do have some disadvantages. I feel that the advantages of raised beds [...]

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MWG in New Carnival of Homesteading

The Carnival of Homesteading is back with the aptly-named Long Overdue Edition! Go now and check out all of the amazing articles. You are sure to learn something, I know I did! MWG contributed not one, not two, but three articles of gardening goodness to the current carnival for your reading pleasure. Thank you Cindy [...]

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When Good Frugality Goes Bad

I’ll admit it – I’m frugal. Frugal being a nice way of saying I’m pretty darn tight with a buck. Have been for years. I think a lot of gardeners have this trait in common, so I’m in good company. Being frugal is a good thing in my book. But sometimes being frugal leads to… [...]

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