Once upon a time, before the street corner devastation of the CVS/Walgreens drug wars, during a time when people went to apothecaries to get their medicine and hoped they didn’t wake up dead, pharmaceuticals were dodgy and cloth bandages… well,… Read more ›
Oo Ah, Oo Ah. Oo Ah, Oo Ah. I got a tomato. I got a tomato. *happy dance* That’s one small step for a tomato; one giant leap for my vegetable garden.
The world loves a freak. I mean how else could you explain the popularity of Paris Hilton a Britney Spears, beside mass planetary alien abduction. Okay, I will give you that the sex tape went a long way to help… Read more ›
There are certain things I do as a gardener that I am not quiet sure are good intentioned or merely self-promotional. It is a fine line between the two, really. Now that I think on it, as the old saw… Read more ›
Our lawn mower has broken. And according to my husband, who holds the self appointed title of Fixer of All Things Broken As Long As You Don’t Expect It Done In Less Than Six Months… (ok, you got me, that… Read more ›
It is always a bitter sweet moment when one of my Hens and Chick plants flowers. The flowers are so striking and lovely but what those flowers ultimately mean are that the Hen and Chick plant will die. The mature… Read more ›
My hydrangea is now in full bloom and mine blooms on the blue side of the hydrangea color spectrum. I have worked hard over the past five years to keep my hydrangea dressed in blue. Most of my neighbors have… Read more ›
Today is Independence Day in the United States, and mostly we sit around, drink some beers and fire off some fireworks. Not surprisingly, hospital ERs tend to be jumping on the 4th of July. I did not do much gardening… Read more ›
Yesterday, I decided that I needed to go plant shopping to lift my spirits a bit. It’s funny, but I am not a shopper in the way that women are stereotypically thought to be shoppers. I only own 3 pairs… Read more ›
Do you know what is worse than feeling like you are a vegetable growing failure? Discovering that while your concerted efforts to grow lettuce in the vegetable garden have failed miserably, your lawn sees fit to grow volunteer lettuce. I… Read more ›
