In this Southern garden, where I have recently moved. That is a little exaggerated, okay? I do grow some things, mostly what was already planted and survived on my property. But I am not having success with many of the new things I am trying to grow in this North Georgia garden. So let’s start […]
My Own Home and Garden
Why Can’t I Grow Things Here?
Garden Change: Crazy Paving Gone Bad
The stone crazy-paving front walk is no more. The front walk became a constant garden chore. I had laboriously weeded a crazy patchwork of fieldstones that we installed years ago. For a long time it looked pretty good with the original sandy mortar joints. Following the example of a neighbor at my old city neighborhood, […]
February Gardening, Last of Winter in the Flower Garden
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 the lights you see sprouts of spring -just about when March is […]
Garden Update And Late Starts
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 related, but sometime through the call of far off places I […]
Fire Pit Conversations
How to bond as a family? Try some conversation starters around an open fire.
My Rural Life
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 all worked hard. I sure wish we had used […]
