Well, the official start of Spring happened today. Though, that is a point of contention between my husband and myself. He thinks Spring starts with Opening Day. I think it starts when I feel the overwhelming need to weed a… Read more ›
When I was a kid, I experimented with hydroponics (and not for the typical reasons teenagers do). I was sure that by the time I was an adult, this would be a valuable skill as we would all be living… Read more ›
I saw my first robin of Spring today, hopping around in between the blooming crocus in my back yard. It may interest some of you out there that when we Yanks speak about the first robin of Spring and the… Read more ›
Wow! What can I say… There were over 5,000 entries for the composter giveaway and I think that I had a record number of comments on that post. The Composter Giveaway is now closed and a winner has been selected.… Read more ›
No, they are not those kinds of poppies. The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve and the surrounding poppy fields are covered with California poppies and they are all in glorious full bloom right now. Drive through the right part of… Read more ›
These past few days, I have spent some bopping around Lancaster. Enough to know that it is mostly desert country. Mohave desert country to be specific. Beautiful in its own terribly dry and scorching hot way. It is a place… Read more ›
This week’s product to review was sent to me by Fine Gardening magazine. It was a set of DVDs that were presented to me by Fine Gardening as a great resource of information on very focused gardening topics. I got… Read more ›
My sister, knowing that I am both a gardening nut and a food snob, suggested that we stop by the LA Farmer’s Market on our way home from the airport. Of course, in LA, “stopping by” anything seems to be… Read more ›
It is late and I am attempting to perform a feat that I have not oft done voluntarily since I was in college. (I bet you were thinking “doing 10 shots of tequila?â€. Nope, that is not it. I have… Read more ›
49 little seedlings all in a row (well, a square), happy, growing and…nameless. Well, maybe not nameless, per se. They started out with names. Oddball names like “Japanese Black Trifele†and “Cosmonaut Volkovâ€. Names that I had found amusing and,… Read more ›
