I loved Coneflowers depiction of how her garden is progressing. She is making raised beds, and has pictures of her pretty tomato seedlings- all looking fine and thrifty.“The recommended perfect soil is 1/3 blended compost, 1/3 vermiculite, and 1/3 peat moss” … mine would be filled differently just the garden loam with peatmoss and halfmade […]
Garden Blogs I Read
I might read and enjoy a blog that I think should be better advertised to a reading public.... then I post about them.
Thursday Thank You
I might no do this every Thursday on this blog, but it certainly is apropos for today.First on my list is : John of John and Liza’s Garden thank you for your support and encouraging comments. Joanne, for graciously joining this blog and adding her valuable experience and insights. Doug Green and Trey for their […]
What Makes A Blog Better?
Many things, but what catches my attention most at the moment is Doug Green‘s pithy “Find out what people want – give it to them.” I don’t have concrete plans with things like my blogs- I do wish I were more focused and astute about how I construct them and construct my writing for that […]
Everyone’s Thinking: Vegetables!
Maybe it is because they were bitten by the seed planting bug, or maybe it’s just the economy, but I’ve seen a number of posts on vegetable gardening. Green Side Up! gives garden tips on cracking tomatoes. The wonderful Tracy DiSabato-Aust is suggesting ways to have an ornamental display of veggies to stave off the […]
Down Home With Granny
She is quite sophisticated, actually, and I like someone with her sort of know-how. Having tried some things that Granny is expert in, I can tell you it takes hard work and a killer set of skills to make homesteading look so easy. She is honest about it, and tells you winter, especially, makes some […]
Garden Bloggers, Future Past
While we hear the main stream media bemoan the advent of blogs, you have to wonder what we missed over the years. This is one reason why garden bloggers are becoming more and more important to the gardening world. They are the ones bringing up subjects that we need to address in our businesses.-Trey, The […]

