Hello All, and welcome to my yearly succulent post. Now, let me start by telling you that if a meteorite ever hit the earth and took out all the clocks and calendars that ever existed you would need my help so hard! I'd be able to tell you exactly when February 1st is. I'm a living, breathing, amazing (and cool) human calendar. Every year on this date I gather up the kids, head out to the flower READ MORE Hello All, and welcome to my yearly succulent post. Now, let me start by telling you that if a meteorite ever hit the earth and took out all the clocks and calendars that ever existed you would need my help so hard! I'd be able to tell you exactly when February 1st is. I'm a living, breathing, amazing (and cool) human calendar. Every year on this date I gather up the kids, head out to the flower READ MORE
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 When it comes to my window boxes I tend to get competitive. There are some homeowners out there who are so damn good at arranging beautiful window boxes no matter what the season. I want to be one of them and am envious of their arranging skills. My goal is to rank among the fancy ones this season. Watch out pine, spruce, and other wonderful fall things - I'm coming for you. I've READ MORE
I thought I'd share shots of my actual gardens rather than close-ups of flowers that I have been sharing in my other gardeny posts. Not too much has changed in my flower beds over the last month except for the weed growth. This is the time of year when I tend to give up on watering and weeding altogether (I am a horrible gardener, I know.) The temperature is always too hot and there READ MORE
Like I said in a post last week, our garden is becoming the ultimate bloody mary bar, at least that is what it aspires to be. I really want to can home made bloody mary mix by the end of the summer as well as spicy pickles, beans and peppers as bloody garnishes. Our CSA box last week came fully stocked with Dragon Tongue Beans, garlic and an assortment of peppers. Obviously it's bean READ MORE
Well our little veggie garden is producing little bits of wonderful food for us. It's been a great experience and the kids love it nearly as much as I do. We've planted broccoli, peppers (3 different kinds), beans (3 varieties), tomatoes, spinach, carrots, radishes, onions (green & red) cucumbers, 4 different types of lettuce, basil, rosemary, oregano and mint . Like I was saying, it's been a READ MORE in gardening
