With hurricane Irene bearing down on us, I am concerned the wind in our trees and flooding over my gardens. We shouldn’t have flooding, but occasionally do because of poor drainage yet to be repaired by our township…supposedly before winter…we’ll see how likely that is to happen, but I’m hopeful. The terrain in the [...]
I love writing about gardening and looking and gardens and getting my hands into the soil, but is it my passion? I was thinking about that the other day as I looked at this blog and all the posts that have accumulated over the years…and the many more that will be posted in the days [...]
Last Friday I did a little video using JING for a new site called boomerdivatv.com, and I thought I’d share it here, too, since I mention this blog and include some pictures of my home and some of the plants growing in my gardens. It’s my first attempt doing something with my voice in it, [...]
I have an extra-special special to tell you about at the end of this post, but first…Florida! This is the place that many escape to during the Spring, right on through the summer, and into the Fall months. But Spring is when most of the people from our part of the US head down to [...]
“Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink”, says the familiar line from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, reminding us that you can be surrounded by water, in this case sea water, as far as the eye can see, yet drinking it has the potential of being harmful. It goes without saying that [...]
