By my calculations, when all is said and done, it will be three summers that I will be unable to garden. One reason I was looking forward to the teaching gig was summers off. I could sit by a pool or toodle around in my garden. That is proving to not be the case. Think […]
Gardening 101
Who needs lemonade when your mom’s a horticulturist
I’m going to mention that I wrote a post about a chicken coop here and then cross post this post there tomorrow. I’m confused… are you? This year I thought I would take a chance and try growing my tomatoes from seed. I tried it last year, but I started them in the unheated greenhouse […]
Autumn is in the air
Thank you for all of your opinions. I’ll let you know our decision once they come to live with us. It is still a few weeks off yet. In the mean time you can have a few photos of some lovely October. I’ve been busy in the garden and when that happens it reminds me […]
Funny thing happened when I checked my email
Yesterday afternoon I was checking my email minding my own business… as I’m apt to do when I noticed an email with the subject line Pecha Kucha – Invitation to speak. ?If I weren’t an art geek I would totally think this was some other random spam mail offering to help me enlarge my penis. […]
A weekend for the record books
I have a whole crapload of work that I have to do between now and the 31st. ?So instead of sitting behind my computer and actually doing it, I took 4 days off and enjoyed myself. ?I’m certain I’ll regret that decision later this week, but looking back on it, I’m glad I did. I […]
Sprouting Off
Last year I tried to create a regular feature on this blog about gardening.? Some readers were really excited about this project.? Sadly, I got distracted by writing about other things and it fell by the wayside.? Moreover, my gardening fell by the wayside.? I haven’t spent hours in the yard like I used to […]
Answers to Gardening Questions
Evidently you guys didn’t have too much to say about gardening this week.? Of course you never do.? But for the amusement of those who did ask questions I’ll oblige. Next week I’ll get back to stories about the boy like how he chased the cat around the house asking her if she wanted bacon. […]
What to do with all those edibles
I have very little time to whip out a post this morning.? I have to get the boy ready for school and get us both to the church soon.? But I promised a whole week of gardening so I’ll follow through. If you’ve ever vegetable gardened before you know it is a bit of trial […]
Resources for the newbie
I realized I come at this gardening thing with years of experience and a degree under my belt (now where did that diploma go?).? I also try to avoid telling people that I used to be a landscape designer.? Especially my neighbors.? Otherwise I get the constant harassment (from the lady across the street) to […]
The food life
Since I declared this week the week of gardening posts I thought I’d fill you in on what’s growing in our side yard. That garden tour didn’t show you the best part of our yard… the back and side. The trusty husband and I have been married for 11 1/2 years. In that time we’ve […]