If there was ever a day not to get dressed to shoes, today would be one. I woke up this morning to a gloomy rainy day. Who wants to do anything? To top it off, today would be very tempting. You see I have been putting the vegetable garden in the past 4 days. I […]
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 […]
I have been waiting since Christmas to put these garden stakes out. They were a gift from my cousin Anna West. She knows how I love anything gardening. Meet The Vegetables! Meet The Tulips! Hope you enjoyed seeing them as much as I enjoy having these beautiful garden stakes in my garden!
I have been so patient waiting for this moment where I could capture a close up of Mrs. Robin and her young. As the gardening season continues, the robins in my yard have become more and more friendly. Could it be my charming personality that they like so well? Actually why they love my yard […]
Pet loss is something everyone has experienced. Their lives are shorter and only borrowed to us for a given time. When their time is up, off to Rainbow Bridge they go where they are restored to live life fully waiting to meet us again at Rainbow Bridge. Rainbow Bridge Poem Among The Sea Of Hostas […]
It must have been around 3 am when the storm went through. There was lots of thunder and lightning that came along with the rain. Every gardener hopes hail is not a 4th ingredient. The best thing to do is check the gardens out the following morning. All of these ingredients can wreck a garden […]
I am usually one of the last ones in the area to get my garden in. There are various reasons for this, one being getting the garden tilled. I don’t mind. My best gardens have all been planted in June. In South Dakota it takes awhile for the ground to warm up. This year is […]
This past winter I had some time to do some research when it comes to increasing my yield and quality of vegetables for the coming season. Used Coffee Grounds, Crushed Eggshells & Epsom Salt Last week I am planted tomato and pepper plants using coffee grounds (Starbucks if you must know!) and crushed egg shells […]
You have your eye on a large beautiful planter at the store. It would look so nice to the entrance to your home. Then if you are like me you think about how many bags of potting soil will you need to buy? Living With Fibromyalgia And Arthritis Before too long I have talked myself […]