According to my mother, the last words uttered prior to me emerging into this world were “Oh shit.†As the story goes, my mother had been in labor for near 24 hours. The doctor and nurses where bamboozled.   I was… Read more ›
They are the stuff of legends and special interest filler news pieces. Sole survivors. Hundreds dead, all hope lost and then there is one, who, against all odds and wills of gods, makes it through unimaginable circumstances. I have… Read more ›
Hello from sunny snowy Montana. I know what many of you are thinking. Hanna, WTH are you doing in a snowy spot that is currently sporting 10 feet of snow and 12 weeks till it melts? Have you completely lost your… Read more ›
In my house there is an empty room. Actually, to say it is empty is not quite right. There are things in the room. 2 beds with frilly bedspreads. A crib with lonely plush animals. In the closet, in… Read more ›
Come join me at the Hudson Garden Club tomorrow night for a talk about Vertical Gardening: Growing UP In The Garden. Learn about the different ways you can incorporate vertical gardening into your garden and how it can make… Read more ›
Right now, I am dreaming of real tomatoes. Real, real tomatoes… not those ping pong balls they pass off as tomatoes at the grocery store. The tomatoes at the grocery store have more in common with a Nerf ball than… Read more ›
Hanna’s Late Winter Checklist Order seeds for garden — check Bitch to husband how winter is too long in Cleveland and why can’t we move to Florida — check Check ground obsessivly for snowdrops — check Reserve spot at the… Read more ›
Well, as predicted and expected, Mother Nature and Old Man Winter have returned to Cleveland to heap upon us a new batch of wintery abuse and I am left with only a heap of seed packets to console my weary… Read more ›
Spring has snuck back into Cleveland. And I think I know why. It has to be because my order from Baker’s Creek Seeds came today. Seeds, glorious seeds — tomatoes, melon and squash! While we’re in the mood… Read more ›
This morning I woke up and found that there was frost on the ground in spots. Light, barely shimmering, but frost never the less. And this is the sign that my garden is done for the year. It needs a… Read more ›
