I don’t know how it is at other people’s houses, but at my house I am the idea person/slavedriver. That is right….. they run when they see me coming. All except that poor guy, AKA my husband, who has nowhere to run. So what is it this time? A new porch. I brainstormed this idea […]
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The Season Begins
Over the weekend, I went to my local nursery, one of my time favored favorites. They had the Prairie Fire Crabapple trees and I bought two. The weather was good and two of the previous purchases were planted, the tulip trees. I really hope they do well, although I put them in a challenging place. […]
Bloom Report
So far the snowdrops are fully blooming. The snow protected them and they still look good. I am never very excited with these. I think I just don’t have enough, perhaps. What I do get excited about are the crocus. They were popping up and bloomed in the new driveway beds. YAY! The small golden […]
Propagation of softwood cuttings
Propagation of softwood cuttings of deciduous plants. Here is an article ( of many) written by a gardener even more enthused in their website prose than I am! Something of a cross between a motivational speaker and a sawdust revival preacher in the world of plants and propagation. Propagation is an area that I am […]
Time to Scope out the Nurseries
It is high time to look over the offerings at my favorite nursery. I was going to do that today, but other errands took too long. Sigh. I will need to keep my rule in mind: Don’t buy more than I can plant. Plant what I buy and then I can allow myself to get […]
Signs of Spring
It has been quite warm lately, so I looked around the garden to see if things were getting to bloom stage. Not yet, but lots of the bulbs are popping out with promising sprouts. Usually I have bloom on the lonicera fragrantissima, but I checked it and there are buds, but no bloom. I will […]
