LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
I was always under the impression that not much grew in the shade. The only shade plants I really knew were impatiens and hostas. The problem was, I had created a landscaped area in our backyard, beside our deck and underneath a weeping cherry tree. The area gets a sun in the spring, but by…
Spring came early this year. Then it quickly faded back into winter — jumping to summer for a couple days and then back to winter. Kind of feels like the changing of the seasons in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. At any rate, I’ve been trying to get outdoors whenever the weather decides it…
The first crocus of the season – Spring is coming! Every winter, I have a tendency to hibernate. The cold and I don’t get along very well. The past couple years, I made a concerted effort to get out and enjoy winter and the snow for what it is — and we actually had a…
I’ve said it before — I take issue with Punxatawney Phil and his shadowy predictions. This Groundhog Day I was too busy with Rheumatoid Awareness Day to pay much attention to Phil, but I did hear that he didn’t see his shadow. In theory that means that spring is just around the corner. Well, judging…
Garden 2014 I’ve been a slacker on the garden blog this year. Or, perhaps on the blog in general. But fear not: the 2014 garden update has arrived. Overall, it has been a good garden year. I started my tomato and pepper seeds in early March indoors. I did a little test to see if…
Somebody keeps eating my corn; I don’t think I’ll be getting any this year.. It’s happening again. Someone is snacking in my garden. Snacking on tender green shoots that should be growing into corn, beans and sunflowers; snacking on the tops of carrots; snacking on peas; and even snacking on a potato plant. I’ve been…
Really, I enjoy gardening because I like playing in the dirt! I think I have a problem. In my desperate attempt to get things to grow in my garden and with my love for all things green and flowery, I think I have become a plant hoarder. Let me back up just a bit. When…
It’s high time for a gardening update! I had a very late start to my garden this year, due to the unusually long winter that we experienced here in Michigan. I started some of my seeds indoors in March, but wasn’t able to plant my “early spring” seeds outside until April 21st (I really need…
Snow storm on April 19th I’m going to be honest: I have complained about the weather a LOT this year. January wasn’t bad, February was about on par with average, and I began to gear up for spring come March. You know the whole “in like a lion, out like a lamb” thing? Well, I’d…
This week marks three years since we’ve been in our house. That means I’ve now had three years of gardens, and with those three years of experience has come a lot of learning! I didn’t really know anything about gardening, and still feel like I don’t…but I do know that I’ve learned some things along…