Checking off Gardens on My Bucket List
Last year I wrote my Gardening Bucket List. This year thanks to a generous Christmas gift from my husband I began my quest. The gift was a family membership to […]
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Gardening Bucket List
I have many buckets list I want to fullfill, but this one is about visiting Botanical Gardens in the U.S. There are a lot of great ones , but these […]
“Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul”
I have always described myself a person who sees the doughnut… Which comes from a quote I was taught in 7th grade. ” The difference between optimist and pessimist is […]
Tomatoes Tomatoes Tomatoes
Its that time of the gardening year when the tomatoes are ripening at an astounding rate. Its so exciting waiting for the first green ones to turn red and then […]
A Few New Garden Projects
Its been another odd spring/ summer weather year. None the less,I have been busy “puttering around” ( as my mother would say) the yard. If you have been following my […]
Expanding my gardens…
Last year I created a courtyard garden with 4 raised beds. We bought kits from Home Depot that made 4 x4 composite beds. We filled them with composted loam , […]
Pinterest, a source of abundant ideas
Recently I discovered Pinterest! It was like a dream come true for me . A whole new source of ideas. It almost seems wrong. Other people search and find great […]
My Lastest Garden Ideas
Today was the last in a series of Garden Shows and Lectures I had planned out for myself this spring. I went To Providence Ri, Worcester, Ma., and Boston Ma. […]
Garden Inspirations
January can be a bleak month here in the Northeast. This makes it a great time to do some garden planning. Since the first of the year , I have […]
Don’t you just love a bargain?
We were just out to do a few short errands : buy cat food and drop off some unwanted items at the Salvation Army. And then it happened … We […]
Chronicles of life as an incurable do it yourselfer 