The past two weeks were devoted to end of school mothering activities including ASW's eighth grade graduation. My head is full of many things including the fact that my boy will …
It’s Week Eleven: Hello Friends and Gardeners!
Carol from May Dreams Gardens (Zone 5), Mary Ann from Idaho Gardener (Zone 6) and I decided, this year, to exchange letters from our vegetable gardens. We hope to give everyone …
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Rain Music
Water tumbles down the rain chain outside my open window. It's art in motion, combining visual and auditory stimulation. Perfect partners for the article I'm writing about rain …
Six Plants I Can’t Live Without
Steve Bender from the Grumpy Gardener issued the challenge, and I accepted the gauntlet where it lay. Which six plants in my garden could I not live without? That's a very …
The sweetest things in life are free
This morning, I chaperoned a field trip, and one of the other moms, Julie H., handed me a sack. Inside were pumpkin seeds, four different kinds, including a blue one, which she …
Say Goodbye to Spring
There is an historic snowstorm barreling toward Oklahoma with blizzard conditions already reported in the western part of the state where my friend, Brit' Gal Sarah, blogs and …
Dear Friends and Gardeners Week Three
Dear Carol and Mary Ann, It was nice reading your letters last week and seeing that both of you are now, in spite of the weather, getting some garden projects done. I'm …
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Dear Friends and Gardeners, Week Two
Last week, Mary Ann in Idaho was still covered in snow, and Carol in Indiana felt like spring had switched into the "on" position. I was babying my pepper, eggplant and tomato …
GTS and Sunday Stroll: Perseverance and the Thawing Process
I saw this tiny viola while I was out, and it occurred to me that we could learn a thing or two from it and its larger cousin, the pansy. Only two days ago, it appeared crushed by …
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2008: A Year in Posts: Part II
Like I wrote in Part I, May and June were all about the roses and the daylilies. The garden behind my house is a very traditional English cottage style garden. It departs from …
A Look at 2008 in Posts, Part I
Kind of like Time Magazine's "Year in Pictures" only with a lot less funding. It is traditional to reflect upon the year nearly gone before thinking about the one to come. What …
Going for the Gold
I've reached a new level of garden craziness from which I may never return. This morning, before the sun completely broke the horizon into pink and blue hues, I was up and outside …