10 Reasons to Start a Garden

Adam Garden

Instead of putting out a new post today, I’m going to direct you over to my friends at The Frugal Farmer, where we collaborated to talk about one my favorite hobbies – gardening. Go check out 10 Reasons to Start a Garden. Hope you enjoy! Still here? If so consider using Tradeking (Special $200 bonus offer) for your next brokerage and …

Loquats Loquats Loquats

Adam Garden, My Life

Our house had 2 fruit trees already in place when we moved in. They’re a big part of the what prompted me to start our mini orchard and garden. One is our beautiful orange tree which we enjoy for several months, the other is our front yard loquat tree. For more on our garden: Fall gardening in Houston (winter harvests) Fruit …

November Fruit Tree Update

Adam Garden

The best part of November and December is obviously the holidays. But here in Houston, my other favorite thing is watching the citrus change colors. I think it’s a wonderful thing that right when people are most in need of Vitamin C, the orange trees are perfectly ripe. Not every one realizes this, but oranges start out completely green and …

November Garden Update

Adam Garden

Last time I posted about the garden, we had just planted all the fall greens. Since then we’ve had some HUGE growth. The fact that you can put seeds in the ground, add some water and love (or fertilizer) and they turn into giant plants, full of nutritious food never ceases to amaze me. I really can’t get over the …