It’s snowing… and sleeting… again. This is not surprising as we may not see sunshine for near a month at a time in the winter. Cleveland is not friendly to those who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. I have… Read more ›
Just a quick FYI… I had someone ask me if they could add the Garden Blog Search to their site, so I thought I would put together a page where people could get the code for the search if they… Read more ›
And the frenzy of the season can commence! Black Friday, smack Friday… who needs holiday shopping when the 2008 last frost date is only 159 days away! The seed catalogs have begun to arrive and I can plan in earnest… Read more ›
I was in the media again, mentioned along side such greats as You Grow Girl, Garden Rant, Cold Climate Gardening, Gardening Tips N’ Ideas, May Dreams Gardens and Doug Green’s Garden. It was in an article in The American Gardener… Read more ›
In my head, there are just a few things that I don’t think should go together. Pickles and ice cream, snow and my life, Paris Hilton and the front page of the newspaper are a few examples. But as pregnant… Read more ›
I have not one, not two but three trees growing in my kitchen these days. They had gotten too tall for the garden dungeon in my basement, so I have set up space and lights in my kitchen to overwinter… Read more ›
So a few weeks ago (well, months ago, really) I received a new book from the University of Chicago Press. It was called “Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners†by James Nardi. With any book I… Read more ›
My husband’s grandmother passed away this morning. She finally succumbed to the massive stroke that she had suffered from a few weeks ago. While normally I try to be light hearted on this blog, I do feel obligated to note… Read more ›
It occurred to me at the Food show why cooking shows are super popular and gardening shows are going the way of the dodo bird. There were two whys. Why #1 — Instant gratification. You spend 20 minutes cooking and… Read more ›
Yesterday, I went to the Fabulous Food show at the IX Center in Cleveland. And it was truly FABULOUS. All I could think was “Wow, this is a hell of a lot better than the really lame Home & Garden… Read more ›
