Lessons in the Dirt

One of the things I love about the month of June is that the strawberries are in season.   Usually around Father’s Day weekend is the peak of strawberry season.   In years past we have enjoyed going to U-Pick…

My Hoopes rose is blooming!   This brings me so much joy!   This little rose was a gift (probably 10 years ago) from some very special friends.   I planted the little rose in our yard at the home where…

I know you are just dying to know how the mums are doing, after they survived overwintering in the workshop  …  and barely escaped being eaten by the deer!   You might be thinking: “They are probably thriving and…

My friend who recently had intense spine surgery (where they cut her back open from top to bottom and re-straightened her spine with rods)  just had her 6-week post-op follow-up appointment, in which she was told by the…

Hubby and I were at the garden center picking up some potting soil for our new planter box on the back deck.   We made sure to get some really good potting soil with steer manure  …  our plants…

Hubby built me a new planter for summer.   I’m thrilled!   He had been puttering about in the workshop this past winter, figuring out a creative way to make a planter box out of leftover decking material and leftover…

I have been outside on my hands and knees in the flowerbeds pulling up Big-Leaf Maple sprouts.  Therefore, it seemed fitting to share the parable of the Sower.  (from Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23;  and Luke 8:4-15)   On a grey,…

I wrote a few months ago about my attempt to overwinter my mums.   This is the first time I have ever attempted to overwinter anything.    Being Fall mums from the garden nursery, they of course were rootbound and…