April is already half done and I don’t even have a working list of what I want to get done yet! Aaaahhhhgggg! OK… here is the list I KNOW needs to be done: Sharpen all tools Tune up the lawn mower (wish I could trade it in for a cordless electric) Mow once a week […]
Save Paul James, Gardening by the Yard Cancelled, HGTV == Bad | Backyard Gardening Blog. I found this excellent post on one of the blogs in my blog roll. Paul James is not only from the town I grew up in, but he is one of my gardening heroes and saviours. HGTV just can‘t cancel […]
Don’t kiss over the garden gate. Love is blind….but the neighbor’s ain’t! – Author unknown
Gladness is born of the April weather, And the heart is as light as a wind tossed feather. Who could be sad on a day like this? The care that vexed us no longer is. – Eben Eugene Rexford What’s blooming today? A stroll through the garden shows the trailing purple verbena in full bloom. […]
Composting is definitely worth the effort. You can buy some pretty fancy composters and I have a tumbling style that was given to me, but I haven’t really been pleased with any of the commercially available ones. At the Grapevine Botanical Gardens at Heritage Park (on Ball St.), the Gaylord Texan has donated a demonstration […]
“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter,the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” – Elizabeth Lawrence
“I have often thought that if heaven had given me a choice of my position and calling, it should have been on a rich spot of earth, well watered, and near a good market for the productions of the garden. No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no […]
I took a garden tour through a neighbor’s garden and noticed that there was a particular plant coming up everywhere. I asked her what it was and the look on her face told it all… it was a weed. It started out as a lovely “trumpet vine”. And, yes, it is very lovely. At least […]
Why not just poison what you don’t want and then plant what you do want? After all, aren’t we humans above and beyond “nature”? That’s a fairly easy question to answer if you are growing fruits and veggies that you plan to eat. We have all heard about the problems of herbicides and pesticides in […]
I have found that the laziest way to start a new garden bed is to start early. Let nature do the work for you. If you are putting in a new bed, there is probably something already there that you don’t want. If it is something like rocks, bushes, trees or very large and woody […]
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