Gardening is something that just about anyone can do. Children to older folks can participate and there is no right or wrong way to do it, just easier and harder. It gives us something in common with people we meet. It connects us with those that made us aware of the pleasure it can bring. It is [...]
Gardening by the moon is an age old practice. Since the moon controls ocean tides, it is believed that it influences the groundwater tables beneath our feet and the movement of fluids in plants. This is why planting at a certain phase and harvesting at a certain phase is supposedly beneficial. These photos I took of [...]
Last week we had several rainy days that were really needed. The temperatures have been cooler and it was beginning to feel fall like way toooooo soon for me. It has finally stopped and they are predicting sunshine and warm weather for the next 6 days or so. Whew. I thought maybe summer had ended. [...]
I have a great product to blog about today. I actually came across it at the Philadelphia Garden Show last year. The minute I watched their demonstration that showed all the different settings of water flow from strong to trickle I was drawn in, but what really grabbed my attention was it’s construction that allows you [...]
To spite the chilly wind, rain, sleet and snow, my friend and I went to a flower market called Frog Pond in Bainbridge NY. Inside the green houses it was warm and toasty. The sound of the rain and sleet pounding on the roof did not deter our enjoyment of the flowers and plants at all. In fact I [...]
Gardening Gone Wild- Picture This entry for April ~Plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy. ~Astrid Alauda
I couldn’t resist this subject. I had a few pictures that work, so here they are. ~”But each spring…a gardening instinct, sure as the sap rising in the trees, stirs within us. We look about and decide to tame another little bit of ground.” -~Lewis Gantt Visit TNchick for photohunter [...]
It helps shorten these long winter days when there isn’t much to do gardening wise except plan and dream and remember how pretty your garden was last summer. But before you know it, spring will arrive and those houseplants will become wall flowers that we barely notice… …until next winter . ~”He who [...]
Gardening is something that just about anyone can do. Children to older folks can participate and there is no right or wrong way to do it, just easier and harder. It gives us something in common with people we meet. It connects us with those that made us aware of the pleasure it can bring. It is [...]
Driving home the other day I just happened to notice these 4 beauties lazing about near a small creek just below the busy road we were on. They watched me take their photos but none of them ran away. They must have been comfortable, or maybe they were feeling safe from hunters so close to [...]
