The cold weather has made it abundantly clear that it has no intention of leaving Cleveland. I thought that perhaps this cold spell had come too early but today when I checked the first frost I saw that I was… Read more ›
Did you know that there are over 7.7 million cats in the US? I have heard that more people have cats and dogs than they have children. I have two cats myself, named Sicily and Sydney. Though we more often… Read more ›
I wonder if Emily Post has ever written anything on seed trading. Right now, I wouldn’t mind a few pointers on my seed trading etiquette. If there is one thing one does not want to do in polite seed trading… Read more ›
I use to keep herbs indoors all the time when I lived in apartments. But then we bought this house and then I had no decent windows to try to grow herbs in. No sunny windows = really dead herbs.… Read more ›
I find that it is a rare that my day job crosses over to touch my hobby. I mean, after all, the day job involves wires and motherboards and, according to some, tubes. My hobby involves flowers and dirt and… Read more ›
Woody Allen once wrote that pigeons are rats with wings. I say that deer are rats with really long legs… and bigger with prettier eyes, but at this point my deer quote is not nearly a catchy sounding as Woody… Read more ›
I love tomatoes. I think they are pretty much a perfect vegetable… or fruit… or vegetable. So you can imagine my shock and surprise to discover that there are people who HATE tomatoes. Yes, they hate tomatoes. I’ll write it… Read more ›
It is the time of year that we all trade our seeds. But if you want to be super cool… if you want to be one of the hip seed traders… you need to make sure that you have some… Read more ›
Dude! I got some kewl seeds to trade. You in? You in? Gardeners trade seeds like kids trade baseball cards (or is it Yugioh or Pokemon). We seek each other out in clandestine locations, mostly on the internet to trade… Read more ›
What do you see in this picture? A construction site? A huge pile of dirt? A convenient place for teenagers to make out? Me… I see free rocks. I bet some people are going, “So, what’s so big about free… Read more ›
