I've been reading about the wildfires in the panhandle of Texas and in Oklahoma, and the ice and snow and dire predictions across the midwest and...
Ah, to be an Empress with unlimited funds and lots of gardeners to dig holes, plant, and dead-head. Guess I'll have to settle for the roses I...
Cayuga, burn, compost, or both? We do both. The larger limbs that come down, we put in the burn pile, and burn very carefully--no wind, lots of...
Oh, good caption, and there was pretty stiff competition! Anyone know where I can get one of those stock thingys?:):)
Happy Birthdays to you two, and a very happy anniversary, also! To have found your lifelong companions so early, and to have shared so much over...
Souvenir de la Malmaison is a rose that was acquired by the Grand Duke of Russia from the Malmaison garden. He took it to Russia, and from there...
Sojerd, again this year I used your trench method of planting potatoes. I planted on March 17, and they are up, lots of green leaves, and I've...
If he jumps the fence to get the crowing rooster, he may get more of a handful than expected. Our first rooster, Cyrus, was a mean dude. He would...
Driftwood art, rock art, but art it is!
The Dewey Decimal System will never die! Too many libraries would descend into chaos without it, not to mention all the people who wouldn't be...
Here in the states, April 8 is the beginning of National Library Week. Please stop by your local library, check out a book or two, support its...
Netty, congratulations on your award--you ARE a champion, in more ways than one. I'll be thinking of you on the 21st.
For all of you who are also cold, wet, and blustery, here is a bouquet of our red roses to cheer you and let you know the weather does improve (it...
Planted a block of sweet corn, decided the rest of the garden can go to more squash, cucumbers, and beans. Those are always welcome at the food...
And that's why I don't carry a phone outside with me (actually, it's because I'm so dippy I'd lose the darn thing, and my husband would laugh at...
Don't worry about combining the seeds. Squash seed, when they germinate and come up, have very "fleshy" leaves and the plant is close to the...
We have three cats, whoopee! One cat, Timi, accompanies me to the barn each morning, hops up on the shelf outside the chicken coop, and waits for...
No, if Mitchell had written a sequel the movie hype would have raised expectations so high that her book couldn't have been a success. She had a...
Our Golden Retriever used to wait patiently for me to finish (almost) my lunch sandwich. He knew he'd get the last bite. Our Collie mix expected...
Recently we were invited to an anniversary dinner for friends. There were about 18 of us at a restaurant. The husband's brother and his wife...
