Netty, your father came up with your nickname because he was sure you were going to capture (net) the hearts of everyone who met you!
I had a more pleasant time in the garden than poor Sjoerd. Sometimes good fences don't make good neighbors. I weeded the green beans, watered the...
It's Friday the 13th, which means most people will be blaming witchcraft for their usual stupidity. And, Friday the 13th is better than Monday the...
Oh lordy, when my sides stop aching from laughing at those, I'll show them to my husband and watch him double over with laughter!
We assume they are eating pears (or so the deer tell us.) As to the variety, I don't know since I failed to enter the tree in my garden book, and...
The saying is that good things come in small packages, and these small pears are looking pretty good! [ATTACH] They are just babies right now,...
Netty, I agree about the weird roller coaster weather! We have been trying to compensate for early heat and lack of rain, and so far have managed...
Sign posted at a zoo: Please be careful! Do not stand, climb, lean on, or sit on fences. You could fall and the animals could eat you. It might...
I'd call it a "Happy House!"
Daniel, builder's sand (Mason's sand) has more silica in it, and spread around in the garden kills slugs by slitting their tummies open. It is...
Sjoerd, you are too kind. All I did was help one lady. She is going out and helping dozens, all on her own!
Today was vegetable garden day. I weeded one tomato bed and tied up the floppy ones and picked peas. Husband watered the beans, onions, and garlic...
Oh no, Mike. Zigs and Tetters always say just what they mean--loud and clear!
Update on the herb lady. She now gives classes to garden clubs, at community gardens, and even to groups who are working through health problems....
Lovely bird, if a bit loud! We have woodpeckers, but thankfully they constrain themselves to pecking wood.
About those nasty cutworms--one can take toilet paper cardboard tubes, cut them lengthwise, then into three sections across making three circles....
Oh Eileen, I feel your pain. Bullfinches eat blossoms? Birds should restrict themselves to seeds and bugs, not blossoms! We had a nice crop of...
Ah Zigs, I think we have big things to come!
Our apple trees have wee apples forming, the pear trees ditto. We even have itty-bitty bunches of grapes! We may not be fruit deprived this year.
No Sjoerd, I didn't get mangled. I had a bite on my upper arm that required a tetanus shot. While the nurse was administering the shot she said,...
