Reminder – Gun & Garden Magazine Giveaway deadline

Hey, I just wanted to remind everyone that today is the last day to donate to Tammy’s cross country ride so that you can be entered into the drawing for a year’s subscription for Gun & Garden magazine. Â I also… Read more ›

Gentlemen, Start Your Seedlings: Preparing For The Beginning Of The Seed Starting Season

It is that time of year (Finally!). It is time to pull out the Tupperware container from the vegetable drawer in the refrigerator (I have two, one for seeds and one for actual vegetables) and plan what will be going… Read more ›

Millipede goes here – Animals at the Cleveland Botanical Garden

While gardeners are gaga for plants, we do realize that gardening is actually a bit more than green things that grow from the ground. A proper garden would not be a garden without the supporting cast commonly referred to as… Read more ›

Orchid Mania 2008

There is nothing like a good flower show to make the winter months a bit more bearable and the Cleveland Botanical Gardens has put on a good show to chase away the winter blacks, blues and blechs. Orchid Mania… Read more ›

For the Cost of a Single Ticket… Why the Cleveland Botanical Gardens Should Not Be Free

Yesterday I had a lovely tour at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens led by Matt Edwards, who is the Gardens’ animal caretaker. I got to see and hear about several very cool things and, of course, look at all of the… Read more ›

Almost Wild Orchids: Orchids as Houseplants

My inlaws were over last night and were shocked and pleasantly surprised to see the orchid that my brother-in-law gave me for Christmas is not only still alive (unlike half my houseplants) but is still in full, not fading, not… Read more ›

Winter Blacks

I don’t get sick. At least I didn’t get sick until this past week when I had the flu. Holy shit, is the flu a real endgame for things like working and playing and it puts a damper on breathing… Read more ›

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