What are Ornamental Trees? These trees are usually small with special features like interesting bark, showy flowers, or eye-catching foliage. An ornamental also has a pleasing shape and fits easily … [Read More...] about 3 Tips For Landscaping Successfully With Ornamental Trees
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Big Things I’m Doing Differently in 2018
Remember "The Beverly Hillbillies"? How about "The Brady Bunch", or "Green Acres", for that matter? They are all TV shows that started out with a theme song that told their stories. For me, it could have been "There once was a woman who homeschooled, With her ten kids, she moved out to the country and found she needed to keep her sanity. She wanted something creative. Something that could … [Read more...] about Big Things I’m Doing Differently in 2018
I knew I should have taken pictures
This spring was unusually cool and full of rain. The result was a long period of spring bloom that seemed to stay fresh and picture perfect for a protracted period. I knew I should grab a camera or at least my iPhone and take some photos. But I have this contrary quirk of wanting to bask in the moment, simply experiencing the beauty and fragrance, or the curious activity of birds, bees, … [Read more...] about I knew I should have taken pictures
Daylilies Grow On You
I just wrote a page about Daylilies, and then saw Kathy Purdy's post on Facebook with a delightful portrait of a variety called "Going Bananas". It got me thinking about what colors of Hemerocallis I like best. Time For Daylilies, on Ilona's Garden From earliest memory when visiting old fashioned gardens that often had a circle of daylilies somewhere in the yard, it was the "Lemon lily" … [Read more...] about Daylilies Grow On You
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 more mechanized equipment. I truly know what the old saying means, " a hard row to hoe..." Chickens It was … [Read more...] about My Rural Life
2014 Garden Retrospective
American Meadows had sent me some seeds. They bloomed well, but I didn't get many pictures of them. I was neglectful of the garden, while visiting family for almost 2 months. In many ways, the garden season of 2014 was challenging. The losses were probably the result of cumulative stresses, but I am sure that the very hard winter contributed to the vulnerability and subsequent losses. I … [Read more...] about 2014 Garden Retrospective
My Garden Roots
Way back, ...oh, in 2005... I came across a meme that I had fun doing called the "Where I'm From" poem. It seems to have started with Fragments from Floyd, although I first ran across it @ Pratie's Place. They were all based on an original poem. Since doing the Garden Mission Statement and seeing the many inspiring ones @ Gardening With Confidence, I wondered if it would work to combine them into … [Read more...] about My Garden Roots