Garden 2/2

Lamar Shahbazian

Aug 12, 20201 min read

Pumpkin Scratching - or how to decorate without carving pumpkins

I've always wanted to try this technique and since I have an abundance of pumpkin plants this year I decided to try it out. I recruited...

Lamar Shahbazian

Jul 12, 20202 min read

Snake! Or is that Waldo?

In my daily tour of the garden I was caught by surprise when, on the edge of the strawberry bed, I saw a long snake. I could not see the...

Lamar Shahbazian

Jul 3, 20202 min read

Birds and butterflies and deer, oh my!

This year we are modifying our front yard, removing some of the lawn and expanding the stone patio. As part of the design we are adding...

Lamar Shahbazian

Jul 3, 20202 min read

The war on gophers!

I've been gardening for years, and thought I knew all the tricks. But gophers continue to defeat me at every turn. Grow in raised beds,...

Lamar Shahbazian

Jul 3, 20202 min read

The story of the big ass pumpkin

It's starting small, a pumpkin plant gifted by my neighbor. Her father-in-law grows these professionally and enters them in contests. ...

Lamar Shahbazian

Jul 3, 20201 min read

So much lavender - so little time!

For the first time in a long time I have the time to pick my lavendar! So I picked most of it (left some to make it pretty) and dried it...