A few weeks ago my Mom was here to stay for a couple of days, and she has always loved sitting out in the sun. She never gave a lot of thought to whether it would give her skin cancer or not, but never spent time laying on beaches for hours at a time either. [...]
This weekend has been a battle with the little insects that think of my plants and flowers as delicacies. We have had a very wet spring and early summer, so the slugs are thriving and the mosquitoes are biting. I thought we were doing a pretty good job keeping up with these little critters, and [...]
I love animals, and think Deer are among the most beautiful and gentle looking creatures there are. We see them frequently around this area as it is very wooded, as well as bears, raccoons, squirrels, and you name it, we have it! My tulips are beginning to put out their buds, and when they flower [...]
Happy Earth Day, well actually it’s Earth Night at the moment! The day has gone so quickly and been a busy one. I’ve updated some things on this blog a bit, and hope you like the changes and new resources available to you. My mother was a much better gardener than I will ever be. [...]
Sometimes when you’ve been working a blog for a while, great posts get lost at the “bottom of the blog”, and need revisiting, so with gardening season arriving for some of us, and always around for other lucky readers, I thought I’d point out a few helpful posts: Gardening in Containers – this post contained [...]
