hi howard, funny is that my last comment and my new comment, almost a year later, is the same.......we need "R A I N"! {don't think it's your computer....it's this site}

"AMEN" we sure could use a rain drop or two....weeks! lol

Howard, I'm very new to this site. Your page was the first one I saw because you were from Louisville. I was so surprised that there was someone on here from Louisville and so excited because I would know someone who could anwser all of my questions about gardening and flowers as well. Looking through your photos I was so impressed. I couldn't believe how perfect everything was from landscaping to the vegetable garden and then to the preparation of the seed. You are a true artist of gardening. This is the way I have wanted to garden all of my life. I was determined to have a Perfect garden this year. I bought myself a Mathis tiller that's electric..much better for a woman. I love it. Thanks for the inspiration that it can be done. I am really exited about this site.

Glad you liked the toe polish :) My next challenge is composting so thanks for sharing.

The new growth is corn - ears with tassles. Quite small though. I have only harvested 1 ear of corn so far and it looked like some toothless old man (very undeveloped). Not sure I know what I am doing with the corn. Have no idea what smut is. In my day, smut meant entirely something else! Seeing that I am new to gardening, it must mean something else in vegetable gardening (lol). I like the pictures of your garden. My husband and I are planning on moving ours to a different area of the back yard. May take some ideas from yours. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for your advice Howard. I am new to this and learning a lot. Got some weird stuff going on in my bed, but we've been able to harvest some lettuce, tomatoes, squash, and unedible corn. The corn is interesting - I have new growth at the base complete with corn and tassles. Not sure if it will amount to much though. Beans and peppers are taking their sweet time. Would love to grow some strawberries. Any advice there?

it is rare for us to have snow like that here so when it happens this whole city shuts down ...it is sooo funny because if everyone heres that it's going to snow a few inches they run to the grocery and buy up all the bread and stuff....and the snow only last a day by the next day it is usually all melted away .....i'm pretty sure the snow was sent here by our maker "GOD" lol