Dan, I use my journal to plan--even paste empty seed packs into it to remind me of varieties that do well and where I got them. It helps also to...
Gracious, the green gods were smiling on you today, Donna! Those are great plants, and all for $3! I bet they look even better after you've cared...
Miracle-Gro feeds plants, not your soil, which is its major drawback. If your soil is healthy and fertile, your plants will be, too. Just boosting...
No, Toni, but her eggs might have had five fingers.
Drop a glove. The mornings have been chilly and I've been wearing a pair of light woolen gloves to feed the ladies and clean the coop. This...
We are so fortunate! Friends raise grass-fed Angus and we always get some lovely beef, just for contributing to the processing cost. We have our...
Our open-pollinated (possibly heirloom?) Red and Yellow Pear tomatoes have self-seeded for three years. Last year I noticed they were smaller in...
I loved that show, and thanks for reminding me of it. How do you tell Daryl from Daryl?
Rosie Greer, a HUGE football player, took up needlepoint. It's a bit messy, but whittling is interesting, and you can make spoons, whistles, and...
We are still 8b, and I'm glad. I'd hate to tell my plants that they have to pick up their little suitcases and move.
I have found that pets give us the emotional support and interest in getting up in the morning that few other beings can. I had a friend, a...
Plants that are open-pollinated (noted as OP in many catalogs) will come true from seed. They are not necessarily heirloom varieties, just ones...
Eileen said it for all of us--Happy Birthday! You are greatly appreciated here at the Stew.
My sincere sympathy to you, and to your family. It is hard to lose a loved one, but eventually the happy memories take over, and the pain subsides.
Donna, all the photos are lovely--you have a magnificent yard, but the snowy ones are particularly nice (since I don't have to contend with the...
You had a rotten day, but it was necessary to get those tests done. Now you can enjoy the sunshine, damp soil (isn't it wonderful to have damp)and...
There are few things more uncomfortable than cold rain! My sympathies to y'all, and I hope it dries up a bit and gets a tad warmer.
For those of us in the USA, Cornell Lab of Ornithology is offering a great deal on their Backyard Birdfeeder Watch. If you join by Feb. 1, you get...
Vicky, if that lovely rose is not a grafted hybrid, you can easily propagate it. If you look to the left of your post, you will see "related...
Kathy, those look like very healthy seedlings! Keep us updated on their progress, please.
