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by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: How's the weather?, My Place

February Gardening, Last of Winter in the Flower Garden

Tagged With: February, lawns, my garden, signs of spring, weather in Ohio

I've had plenty of winter this year, yessiree. It is mid-February and that means the worst is over and spring is on its way. Eventually. February gardening in Ohio usually means lots of waiting, unless you are starting your seeds inside. Then, under … [Read more...] about February Gardening, Last of Winter in the Flower Garden

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2016, Garden Stories and Memories, My Place

Garden Update And Late Starts

Tagged With: garden musings, summer garden

Every year I promise I won't go AWOL during the main growing season of the garden. Just so I will get everything done and catch up with the past year's neglect. but every year I manage to break those unspoken, informal vows. Usually family … [Read more...] about Garden Update And Late Starts

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: backyard, Garden design ideas, My Place

Fire Pit Conversations

Tagged With: backyard feature, family time, firepit

Nights Are Cool, But The Conversation Creates Warmth We embarked on a venture to improve our family interactions and it eventually led to creating a firepit conversation area this summer. It was a quick project and has already proven to add a cozy … [Read more...] about Fire Pit Conversations

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Day in the life, My Place, spring

My Rural Life

Tagged With: chickens, my garden, rural

My husband and I bought and started homesteading this place in the mid 1980's. I had no skills, and plenty of dreams. I never managed to have that flock of sheep I envisioned, but instead raised a flock of children. That became my main crop. We … [Read more...] about My Rural Life

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: March, Places

A Nice Early Spring Visit To Inniswood

Tagged With: garden video, Inniswood Gardens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIh6W5IVgzQ I keep working on trying to make videos of garden subjects. Early spring in the morning meant a quiet visit with no distractions, as my husband and I walked around the garden. … [Read more...] about A Nice Early Spring Visit To Inniswood

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Garden design ideas, My Place

Brand New Post On The New Site

Tagged With: design, focal points, garden planning

Here we are... the first post in a new season. It inspires me. The first inspiration is to update my garden as well. For years I have renovated, and renovation is always somehow lacking. I want to return to some of the joy that comes from creating … [Read more...] about Brand New Post On The New Site

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2014, Places, winter

2014 Too Soon

Tagged With: art, Columbus. Ohio, Franklin Park Conservatory, things to see

Lights among the plants Another way to say "Tempus Fugit", it seems that we simply flew into the new year, with the holidays as almost a passing thought. I don't think I've ever felt that a Christmas season had ever been as attenuated as this … [Read more...] about 2014 Too Soon

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: My Place, Places

Am I In The Wrong Place?

Tagged With: bloom where you are planted, garden places, Ohio

Southern Ohio Hocking Hills, Autumn My husband and I are talking about the future. We are at the age where we must think about the priorities of the end chapters of our life together... where to live, how to preserve our health, what sort of … [Read more...] about Am I In The Wrong Place?

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: March, Places

The Butterflies Are Coming

Tagged With: butterflies, Columbus, Franklin Park Conservatory, Ohio, things to see

The butterfly exhibition is coming to Franklin Park Conservatory. Starting on March 19th this year, the Conservatory will host Blooms and Butterflies and start it off with a Butterfly Carnival.This exhibition is one of the most entertaining ways to … [Read more...] about The Butterflies Are Coming

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: My Place, September

New Project At Hand- A Prairie Spot

Tagged With: new projects, prairie, prairie plants

September Drought It has been a dry and heartless September, so what is a gardener to do? Start a new garden bed, of course. Actually, it wasn't that blithe a decision, since I had been reducing gardened areas. So why would I now carve out a new, … [Read more...] about New Project At Hand- A Prairie Spot

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I was a garden blog pioneer, and began writing on this blog in 2003. Before that I had begun a garden website that has been at its own domain since 2006, Ilona's Garden.

I still love writing, gardening, and art after all these years, although travel and grandchildren have become a big part of my life, now.

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