Timing Is Everything! I knew I was inheriting a Weigela. I just didn’t know when. The church I belong to decided to remove the bushes simply because of the maintenance issue. One of the shrubs is a weigela. Every spring I admire it and had placed it on my ‘wish list’. I was intending to buy […]
I somehow knew there was a reason I accepted the challenge to be a Hostess on Sundays from my cousin Julie Lardy who is the manager for IHop Restaurant in town. One of her cooks offered to save the used eggshells from the restaurant so I could use them in my garden! 3 Reasons To […]
This is the fifth season I will be growing nasturtiums. The first few seasons I even had a hard time saying the name. It was comedy for my mom. Today I can easily say Nasturtium [na-stur-shuh m, nuh-]. I still have trouble spelling it at times. I think whomever decided to name some of these plants had […]
I am sure you have heard this phrase, “Now, where was I?” Today with social media at the touch of our fingertips, many think this phrase before even saying it out loud. That is when the trouble begins… It Happened To Me Today I experienced this very thing this morning. It started out with this […]
I love to grow all kinds of peppers. My banana pepper plant has had a high yield. Why not try to make some Banana Poppers! Where did the term ‘Poppers’ originate that can be another word for appetizers? I decided to google it. I found a link for Jalapeno Poppers that will give you the information […]
You would think this Monday is simply like every other Monday but not today! I went out to my garden to pick more green beans. I stayed focused and got them picked. I knew I would also need to pick the cucumbers and so I did that as well. Then it happened! Out of the […]
Summer is in full swing and I am loving every minute of it! I have some large gardening projects that I have been doing and will continue. In fact I have been so involved with gardening this year that the past few weeks I haven’t posted a blog. Granted I have been taking photos of […]
I have been dreaming of this day for the past 3 years. I have always wanted a strawberry bed. My excitement for strawberries goes back to my childhood. The 102 year old great aunt that I have? Well, she had a big strawberry bed in Iowa and it was so much fun picking the strawberries […]
I just love being outside this time of year. You never know what kind of miracle you will entail. For example today. I had to defragment my disk on the computer. Since I knew it was going to take time, I went outside. There is a possibility of having guests this weekend and I hadn’t […]
Yesterday I made the decision to transplant my ‘Burning Bush’. We have had significant rain over the weekend and felt it would be the easiest on the bush to transplant. There are all types of Burning Bushes and you can click on the link. Mine has a personal meaning and so I hope it withstands […]