GrandpaâÂÂs Garden is a collection of hints and tips to help you get more enjoyment out of your garden. Grandpa in his native habitat - the garden. Suggested Grandpa's Garden Articles One Of The Best Garden Chores Who doesn't like a roaring hot fire on a cold overcast day. Heck, even the neighbor kids will come over to help you. Gardening in the Rain They did better than all the other plantings, and were not planted on a mound. They were not surrounded by 4' flakes of moldy hay either and I think that's why they did so well. Another Warm Sunny Day and I Begin Thinking I did the first batch of them on February 10th last year and struggled to keep them alive through innumerable freezes and relentless rain. Our last frosts we're on May 7th, May 18th, and I heard the wind turbine early on May 25th. The Peas That I Waited So Long Birds keep finding ways under the netting. Poking little sticks in the ground to hold the netting down doesn't work because one of my garden cats keeps running into it. I Picked The Cauliflower That Had Caterpillar I guess this time of year the leaves are so tender that they don't eat the crown. The leaves went on the ground, overlapping like shingles, along the burm that surrounds the plot. I Brought Another Wheelbarrow Full Of Hay It still has the hay flakes down both sides so it . looks like a raised bed. Have You Ever Laid Back In A Field After you remain still a few moments they creep back around from the other side of the stalks and you marvel at how many there are. Flea beetles, ants, gnats, spiders and ticks have all hidden from you in fear. I'm Delighted To Have A Coyote Patrolling The Garden Every garden invader is at risk now. Mice, gophers, rats, possums, raccoons, rabbits and squirrels are all prey, so I should be having fewer invasions. Having An Abundance Of Functioning Neurons May Not be Conducive to a Joyful Gardening Experience I let some of mine rest so that I don't over think things. The requirements of the real world, to act after acknowledgment of a problem, do not apply in your garden. We Had Kale Last Night I guess the cold nights that sweeten up the brussels sprouts also make the kale more tasty. Dunno, gonna pick some more today. I Have a Row of Cauliflower Transplants I Have a Row of Cauliflower Transplants Melons and Corn It looks a bit unsightly at first but as the vines turn tan it begins to look like a big birds nests with green pterodactyls poking up from the middle. Garden art at its finest. More Gardening Articles