This week I received a shipment of flowers from Proven Winners. Which is really cool, and really nice that they contacted me about it ahead of time to tell me they were doing this. Last year (when I wasn’t putting… Read more ›
I love my container plantings. When I was younger, I use to drag my whole garden around with me from apartment to apartment in containers. These days, I have greatly pared down my container collection, but I still have… Read more ›
I don’t know about you, but I spent my weekend murdering a tree. And it felt good! The specimen in question was a black walnut. I think they call them black walnuts because calling them evil walnuts, death walnuts or… Read more ›
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I will be presenting a class about Vertical Gardening in conjuction with Geauga County Master Gardeners on May 4th. I will be exploring the possibilities for growing UP in the garden… Read more ›
This is the view from my picnic table this week. Look up and you are looking into the blossom filled, galaxy like interior of the massive magnolia tree that resides in my back yard. I love this tree and… Read more ›
My Rose Finn Apple potatoes finally came in the mail. I was a bit perplexed by the name. It is a mouthful to say so I hope that whoever Rose Finn is, she was worth it. I know it is… Read more ›
My mom use to tell me “if wishes were horses, beggers would ride.” I wish I could explain to you why I was gone for so long. I have sat down to write this post at least a dozen times… Read more ›
I have found that on the whole, gardeners are generous people. We share seeds, we share plants, we share advice. We share just about everything (except underwear – because that would be gross… And spouses – because the 60s are… Read more ›
In today’s trouble economic times, it behooves ($10 word of the day) us all to understand a little bit about investing money and the financial terms that are used when talking about money. You may not know this about me,… Read more ›
The past six months have been, well, let’s just say… interesting. Mainly because an accurate description would be rather expletive filled and that’s just not a polite way to start out a post (but here is your warning that later… Read more ›
