Posts Tagged ‘shade’

The next time I try to plant a vegetable garden somebody stop me. Strap me down, hold me back, tie me up—whatever it takes. The fact of the matter is that even the sunniest spot in our shady, tree-filled yard doesn’t get enough sunshine to grow vegetables. Sigh. Here are the results of my vegetable [...]

When we moved into our house 1.5 years ago the yard was overgrown with brush, ivy and briars. Last fall we hired a guy with a bulldozer to haul it all away and plant grass seed. Now it is almost spring, I have a big blank slate, and I don’t have any excuse to put [...]