Quick Tip: Cleaning and Reusing Plant Label Markers
This is a quick video showing how easy it is to clean and reuse plant labels!
Harvesting Carrots!
We’re harvesting our carrots to make room for more beans, peppers, okra, New Zealand spinach, and squash.
New Zealand Spinach Loves the Heat!
Last year we stopped eating salads in June after all of our lettuce, spinach, and kale bolted. This year we planted New Zealand spinach so we’d have salad greens in the summer. Here’s an update on how they’re doing! (Mary also decided she wanted to try planting one…)
OOGA Presentation – How We Converted Our Backyard From an Urban Lawn into Gardens to Feed Our Family of 6 in 2 years!
Thank you to the Oklahoma Organic Gardening Association for allowing me to speak tonight about how we converted our backyard from a lawn into gardens to grow food for our family of 6 in 2 years! I covered pretty much everything we’ve learned over the past 2 years and I’m excited to share our journey with everyone! As I’ve talked about in the blog post about why we started From Seed to Spoon and in […]
Our DIY Cucumber Beetle Trap is Working!
We set out our cucumber beetle traps earlier this week and they’ve already caught 6! Here’s the blog post about how we made in these in case you missed it.
Q&A – What’s the Big Deal with Cucumber Beetles Anyway? Why Are You Trying to Trap Them?
This is a question I received in response to our blog post about cucumber beetle traps. I realized I hadn’t really explained why I’m so concerned with these and wanted to share the answer in a blog post. “I find your cucumber beetle cups interesting. I’ve looked a little and did some shopping carts. I haven’t bought anything yet. Do the beetles do enough damage to warrant spending $15-$25 in trap supplies? I haven’t ever […]
Quick Tip: Hunting Squash Bugs
This is a quick tip for finding squash bug adults once you discover eggs.
June 15, 2017 Late Spring Garden Update/Tour
We just got back from vacation and I wanted to record a quick update before harvesting our carrots, cabbage, broccoli, and onions. I also share some of the highlights of our vacation at the end!
Harvesting the Garlic We Planted Last Fall!
We planted our garlic last fall and now it’s ready for harvest!
EASY DIY Cucumber Beetle Trap
This is a video about how we make our easy DIY cucumber beetle traps. These can be made using a few simple household materials and the sticky glue linked to below the video! Products mentioned in the video Credits Here’s where I saw the idea to use clove essential oils as a bait.