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
March
It Is Still Freezing, Cold, And Snowing
Yes, playing with Picmonkey. What else on the rainy/snowy/frozen days we are having? Housework, you say? What is that? Yes, the weather again. We are still in the throes of winter. Throes I say! Everyone says they are tired of it, but we really don't have any say in the weather, do we? It will affect how soon we will be able to plant out our seeds and new plants. The ground will stay … [Read more...] about It Is Still Freezing, Cold, And Snowing
The Butterflies Are Coming
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 experience the Franklin Park Conservatory, although I think there is something exciting about all their programs. This one,though, is almost magical. … [Read more...] about The Butterflies Are Coming
Soaking Wet Ground
Cold Climate Gardening's Kathy Purdy calls it The Mud Season, and it has hit Ohio with a vengeance this year. Right now in our area it is more like Pond Season which will morph into Mud Season.For mommies, that means trying to stave off the inevitable tracks through the house. Mats at the door, double mats in fact (one inside, one outside the entrances). If your family can get used to it, the rule … [Read more...] about Soaking Wet Ground
March and Its Wind
It is March now. In the laziest of months the prairie winds blow wild here, but in March they really let loose. Only a blue moon hurricane does worse. You have to develop a sort of tolerance for these winds, something my husband never seems to have done. Every year, he spits out, "that wind!" with a grimace and inflection that makes any cuss words unnecessary. He hates the way the afternoon winds … [Read more...] about March and Its Wind
March Gives A Lion’s Roar
The short respite of warm weather gave a glimpse of the emerging daffodil's speared leaves piercing through the bare ground, but winter's icy hands are loathe to let us go and has employed the March Lion to fiercely roar with gusts of a blizzard storm. Winter dies hard this year, but I am hopeful that the old adage of "March that comes in like a lion will go out like a lamb" will hold true. I hope … [Read more...] about March Gives A Lion’s Roar
A Few Pruning Tips
Pruning TreesGood Pruning!We are at the end of the season for heavy pruning, which should be done before the plants break dormancy and begin to leaf out. But for those who still have time to prune, and for those jobs which can be accomplished later in the growing season here are a few tips:Why prune?get rid of dead and damaged partsdirect the growth of the branches (plant)encourage new growthfix … [Read more...] about A Few Pruning Tips
March Ends Like a Lamb
With all the unseasonably warm weather now, I have ventured into the garden to do chores that were on the list. First, the pruning of suckers and crossing branches. I took care of the Prairie Fire crabapples, one had suckers to clear out, but the others were fairly straightforward pruning work. They are all fairly young trees, so it was easy enough.The other suckers were those overlooked ones on … [Read more...] about March Ends Like a Lamb