There's a rebel in every crowd.
Thank you all so much for your advice and encouragement. It really broke my heart a little to see the wasteland that the garden had become....
It's so sad. :( It doesn't help that it's cold now, so all the plants that were full and thick and luscious shades of green, and all the...
I can't believe how different my front garden looks now that the Bradford Pear tree's been removed! Before: [img] [img] After: [img]...
High Five to my fellow Tennessean! Nashpatch dweller here. :) Welcome to the Stew! :) My poor plants would never have survived without...
MG I will. ;) Carolyn, thank you. :stew1: Jewell, I had to read that first line 5 times before I understood what you were saying.....I...
Y'know, it's interesting, when we were first looking for a house back in October 2012, how I had to re-think so many parameters. This was going...
MG Yes! It got unseasonably cold for this time of year a couple of weeks back....the temps got down to the 20's a couple of nights. If it's...
I planted an hydrangea and a clematis along with a couple of daylillies last spring, as part of the memorial garden I made for my daughter's dog...
So the Bradford tree removal was delayed once again, but we finally got a firm date. They're coming tomorrow. I've had a very busy three weeks...
Toni! Thank God for dish washers! But yeah, I sound like a drill sergeant as I marshall the troops, ordering this one to stack the dishes, that...
When just the family get together, not including my one son and family in CA, but just the rest of the sibs and spouses/girlfriends, other...
Had the family over last night, one of those get-togethers that just sort of evolved as the afternoon wore on. My daughter Paige was out running...
Hey Carrie and welcome from Tennessee. :smt039
I quit in 2004. I think the eCigs were just starting to be advertised then. I'd quit originally for 20+ years back in the early 70s, when I got...
Glad you're OK! Hope the unpacking is going well.
Kumquats! Wow, I'd forgotten all about kumquats. Remind me how they taste. :)
Oh no :(. Positive thoughts and prayers to Chuck, his family, and you Carolyn.
Thanks all for your advice about the hostas! You'll be happy to know I'm no longer freaking out thanks to the direction you've given me here....
Marlingardener, what a wonderful, sweet thing to say! :smt060 Thank you so much for you kind words, I very much appreciate them. Sometimes...