Most of them died due to freak climate smackdowns, but still. I changed my gardening practices a few years after moving to this windy prairie environment, and I have some crazy holdouts in my garden… if I grow a rose here it will survive just about anything. But loving roses, I tried valiantly for years…
do as I say
It’s Offical: A Killing Frost
Yes, the annuals are gone, the garden is looking brown, and I left a forgotten houseplant pot outside- now a mushy brown and deflated remnant of itself. I hate when I do that… but I think I do almost on purpose as a reminder that everything is imperfect. Of course, being me, I wouldn’t have…
Frugal Gardening
You can’t miss the headlines, with the stockmarket crashing and the economy shaking like few of us have ever seen it. In the midst of this, gardens remain a sanctuary of peace, a connection with nature. They reassure us that we are passing through phases of existence and survival older than our short memories can…
The Dip
In this case, the dip is personal. Do you ever go through periods when you just don’t have the “get up and go” in your gardening? I’m kind of like that right now. The weather is perfect for gardening and maybe I can get out there and accomplish those many jobs on my list. But…
Raised Beds
After writing about Kitchen gardens, I put into action some temporary raised beds in my vegetable garden. I have had some permanent raised beds in my front garden since its inception. The driveway beds are also a type of permanent raised bed situation. I think there are pros and cons to the technique. The pros,…
Gardening Melts Pounds
In the heat we’ve had lately, gardening will literally melt pounds. You might know I started working out at Curves this year, and it really helps in the gardening activities- because gardening is labor, labor of love surely, but labor all the same. It wasn’t until my gardening season started in earnest that I saw…
July ’07 State of the Garden
Lavender Walk I have been gardening, not blogging, and this was one of my resolutions for 2007. So far so good. It has been hot here, but we received some rain earlier this month; a huge downpour on the Fourth, which as a lady at Curve’s said “We will take what ever comes and not…
Gardening is Childsplay
Or it could be, if you encourage your children to garden with you. Learning to love the garden and the outdoors in general isn’t so hard to cultivate. Children have natural curiosity and usually a liking for the outdoors… but the trick is to get them to dig the work. Never fear, this is the…