I spent yesterday making some new vegetable beds. Because Cleveland has some pretty erratic weather, I discovered very early on that growing vegetables in a slightly raised bed helps to keep my veggie plants alive, even if we get torrential… Read more ›
It’s a beautiful day today and I plan on getting lots and lots done in the garden today. All without the ball and chains commonly known as glasses and contacts. I just had my three month checkup for the LASIK… Read more ›
You have to admit, Wal-Marts seem to pop up like a weed. They are everywhere and most of the time when they show up, they are not really wanted. Personally, Wal-Mart is another store on my “I won’t shop there”… Read more ›
She’s all alone in the world as far as anyone can see. She needs somewhere safe to raise her kids and she doesn’t have too much to work with. It’s a bad neighborhood for a single mom and her kids.… Read more ›
AAACCCKKK! AAACCCKKK! AAACCCKKK! Deer Damage and Frost! Ugh. I found the deer damage yesterday afternoon. I suppose this is what I get for going all philosophical about the tulips. Good old Mother Nature sends me a reminder that you should… Read more ›
This is a volunteer pea. Honest to goodness! There are two of them in the old pea bed from last year (it’s a lettuce bed this year). I don’t think I have ever seen a volunteer pea in my life.… Read more ›
I don’t remember planting the tulips in the front of this picture. I think they were tulips that I planted when we first moved here. They bloomed the first year and after that they came up as a spindly leaf… Read more ›
Something really awful happened today. And I wanted to remind each and every one of you that you need to check yourself when you are in the garden, because we work with tools that can hurt, maim and even kill.… Read more ›
A few years ago, I use to work for a catalog company. And I learned a few interesting things about the direct marketing industry while I worked there. One of them was something called paper weight. Paper weight is literally… Read more ›
I suppose you can’t have a gardening blog and not talk about Earth Day on Earth Day. I am sort of an Earth acquaintance, instead of a friend. I am nice enough to the planet that it thinks I am… Read more ›
