“It was a dark and stormy night”… is how my uncle jokingly started the telling of some family history as we sat in the living room, all fully aware of the storm predictions and awaiting the next sidewalk report from my husband’s periodical trek to get the next load of wood for our stove. The […]
February
Hellebore Happiness
This month, during a couple visits to Whole Foods, I picked up some indoor pots of hellebores that were on sale. Considering that they are pricey to order, I have the enjoyment of blooms on my windowsill, and later (hopefully), three new hellebores to put into my garden this year -all for a sale price. […]
Home And Garden Show
The annual Home and Garden Show starts at the end of this month. It is a breath of spring for Central Ohio- which we will sorely need if Punxsutawney Phil is right about our extended winter. It’s a great place to get new ideas and see what’s happening in the Landscape and D-I-Y world. The […]
Central Ohio Home & Garden Show
Got cabin fever? Can hardly wait until warm weather and the spring season usher in the pleasure of growing a garden? Well, the time is just right for the Home and Garden show here in Central Ohio. The outside may be bleak , but once you walk through the doors of the Expo Center you […]
Winter Came Late
Earlier this season I wrote that this was the winter that wasn’t. But in Ohio, you should learn to bite that tongue and not speak too soon. We still have patchy snow on the ground and plenty of cold weather- if not actually frigid. I think though winter came late, it may stay too long, […]
Oh. So Now It Snows
My husband and I were watching the news which, in Central Ohio, is all about the snow, and he remarked, “I bet if people in Oswego, NY were watching this it would be like comedy to them.” That is right… the big news story here in Ohio is that we have some snow. I’m watching […]
