Comments on: About my Gardens

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:07:53 +0000

Annie,
I LOVE the way you did all your raised beds, they’re so beautiful! Could you assist me in providing instructions for how you built and rough measurements? I’m working on some now (well, the husband is) and I keep explaining yours to him, and apparently he needs more than just my explanation :)

Thank you so much! Lovely blog!

-Ashley from Texas

By: Martha Stoelting

Martha Stoelting — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:02:32 +0000

I hope everyone has read Annie’s article in the May, 2011 issue of Indiana Gardener on “Gardening by the Glass.” She’ll have another in the June issue, which will be out around May 27. Check it out. This is a free to pick up gardening magazine for Northeastern Indiana.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:17:01 +0000

And here I’m feeling overwhelmed by a mere 6 acres! Though in our situation, much of the space is covered in a brambly thicket gone CRAZY!
I’m sorry to hear the fruit trees died. And the blueberries. Any idea what went wrong? We spent all of yesterday digging out 16 holes for blueberries (which we’re still waiting on, ordered from Millers) and I really hope they make it!

By: Carol Ann

Carol Ann — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:55:32 +0000

Dear Annie,
It’s been a while since your last post, and I was just in here checking the site when I re-read your reply about `challenging episodes’ and `Andy stories’. I like the idea that we marry like-minded individuals, but recognize that there is an ocean between our methods.

Immediately what came to mind was an episode before Andy and I were married and I was living in Portland, Maine. I had a tiny (emphasis on tiny) bedroom in my apartment, but it faced the saltwater bay and mudflats and therefore was a desirable room- good for sleeping, dreaming, and ocean breezes. Andy was taking time off and spending it with me in Portland. I had so little space in the room that we decided to retrofit a homemade loft bed for under-storage. Our like-mindedness made it seem like a great idea. I left for work one morning and Andy went to work on the bed.

By the time I got home there was a giant four foot tall double bed that encompassed almost the entire room, with the strength to hold four small elephants. In addition, there was a foot-long hole in the passenger side of my car. It was remarkably shaped like a saw blade.

Turns out he had expertly shoved the plywood sheets in the car which had a beveled opening. They wouldn’t come out the way they went in, as was also the case with the bed upon moving. He took the circular saw into the car and proceeded to cut the wood out of the car, embedding it in my passenger seat along the way.

If you want another good laugh, ask me about his attempt at an apple pie during the same time period. I can relate to the anxious experience you had leaving Doug at home during summer vacation to exercise his creative muscles…

By: Annie Pham

Annie Pham — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:53:36 +0000

Annie!
This is such an amazing website! It’s so amazing what you’ve done to your gardens! Incredible…love the pictures and the story telling :)

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:36:11 +0000

Carol Ann, as I’m sure you know, living and loving a like-minded creature can be so wonderful… and challenging. Finding (and now sharing) the humor in our challenging episodes keeps us smiling. I bet you have a few Andy stories :)

By: Carol Ann

Carol Ann — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:10:49 +0000

Annie, this is wonderful and fully entertaining… especially to the married crowd, who know the truth of your words about marriage and working styles! Beautiful photos too!