JerseyShoreLisa 
I had the kids pull the garlic from the yard today. There are different varieties, so some of the heads are big and some are small. They look great and I’m going to save the biggest heads to replant in the fall. I also started taking down the pea plants and saving the last peas … Read more
I didn’t think any of the squash or cucumbers had a chance of coming through and bearing fruit this year with the zillions of cucumber beetles and squash bugs I saw earlier in the season, but these plants are troopers! Now that the hot weather has hit, shade or full sun, they are bursting forth … Read more
Go ahead and laugh at the picture above, I am! I knew I had what seemed like a lot of randomly shaped rocks and landscape bricks all around the yard. I’ve already used about half of them to make this tiny spiral. I think the position is good, but the materials stink. I need a … Read more
I have to keep reminding myself that it’s not even June yet. It seems like the growing season started so early this year. I took some pictures around the yard so see how things are growing so far. Yesterday I removed the 2 volunteer squash I had growing in the keyhole garden. It was an … Read more
If you have issues with bugs or aphid at home, Get $50 OFF Pest Control Services and get rid off those unwanted animals in your garden. My Gala and Granny Smith Apple trees were being attacked by aphids a couple of weeks ago. I sprayed them off the leaves with the hose and the ants … Read more
It doesn’t look like there is much planted in there now, but those tiny plants are going to fill in all that space real soon. I’ve planted various kinds of peppers, nasturtiums, cabbage, escarole, strawberry spinach, kohlrabi, radishes and a couple of marigolds in the keyhole this spring. I’ve already got a volunteer squash or … Read more
Silly me, I thought it was because they loved my kale, which I planted last summer and is currently in full bloom. Turns out that these Red Admiral butterflies are all over Ocean County, NJ today and even making headlines because of it: Butterflies Fluttering By: Red Admirals "Irrupting” All Over The Place “The sudden … Read more
A BUNNY! I found a bunny in my garden this morning when I let Kylie outside. She did her duty and chased his fluffy butt out, but this is the first time I’ve seen one in Beachwood. Somebody’s Easter present got loose! It was pretty big and chunky looking, but boy was he fast. Maybe … Read more