For Garden Bloggers I always wanted to attend one of those Garden Blogger conferences that have been held in years past, but could never work out all the logistics. Now there is an official sort of conference being held in Atlanta and I decided to go ahead and commit, even though I felt the fee…
year in review
Winter Gets Weaker
Winter can’t possibly hang on, it knows that… and each passing week it gets weaker ( teeny tiny pun there). Yet, until sometime in May we can get frosts. Recently we got walloped with a snowstorm here in Ohio and some of it is still on the ground today. I have taken lots of photos…
15 Lesser Known, But No Less Great Garden Websites
In the explosion of garden websites and blogs, it seems we usually visit and talk about the same old usual suspects. Some of which I don’t find all that great, for my purposes, anyway; but lately as I have been writing and looking for more information I have found some garden information gems. It inspired…
The Garden Year Perspective
The whole point of making plans is to gain perspective, isn’t it? To figure out what we are going to do, in what order we will do it, and what we hope to accomplish with all that effort. Garden planning is no different. Since I’ve gotten older and many of my priorities have shifted, the…
Is Your Garden Blog Worthy?
I bet it is! Even in the middle of winter, in the deep freeze of January, there are interesting things that keep a gardener busy. Of course for someone like me who just pretty much wants to hibernate, there is always something like Zazzle to keep you occupied. I made this design with just words. …
Photo Shoot Em Up
Bridge over Denver Botanic stream Utah Sky Japanese Pond Arbor Pond Plants ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ © 2012 written for Ilona’s Garden Journal. An excellent blog.
Weathering The Storm
From Purdue’s Corn Site Friday was, brutally hot, and even in an air conditioned car, on my way to a Dr.’s appointment, my shirt became soaked from contact with the seat back. I had just finished watering my containers and a few plantings just an hour before, and still felt the clamp of the heated…
Illustrating a couple of my projects around here
Regular need of weeding Pictures, everyone! These two pictures illustrate a little of what and where I am spending my time. The pond hadn’t been touched for a couple years, but I had memories of how much I liked it, so I am completely emptying it ( this picture is of the initial phase. There…
2012 Urban Tree of the Year
Accolade is one of many elms on Arthur Lee Jacobsen’s page. Ever since the demise of the American Elm tree due to the deadly combination of Dutch Elm disease and the beetle that spread it, arborists, landscapers, and gardeners alike have looked for and hoped that a replacement might be found. Once upon a time…
Plotting out the Year
After doing some inspired thinking on why resolutions fail, I gathered the family members together for a beginning of 2012 planning session. Just a brainstorm and planning session which situated the family vacation times well out of the early garden season. I am so glad. This year I believe I will succeed in the garden…