Soil Additives for Bulbs

Soil Additives for Bulbs

For vegetable bulbs like onions, shallots and onions, I rotate raised beds every year. As for flower bulbs, I usually rotate between bulbs and annual flowers grown from seed in containers. When I plant any bulbs in the fall or spring, I like to add one of the following soil additives: 1) My first choice […]

Cocktails from Kentucky Bars

Brown Manhatten and Ali’s Smash

Last weekend we went to Kentucky for a short but wonderful trip. We stayed two nights at the The Brown Hotel in Louisville. This historic hotel celebrated its 100th anniversary last week! In honor of that, Alan tried the Brown Manhatten (on the left). Brown Manhatten Ingredients: Wild Turkey Bourbon Sweet Vermouth Angostura and Orange […]

Garden Soil

Garden Soil

In 2020, we finally had the garden soil added to the elevated and raised beds that Alan built.   We decided to have Zach of Grass Masters Landscaping bring the soil because we needed 7 yards! Zach brought top soil and mushroom compost in the ratio of three parts top soil to one part mushroom […]