Aug 30, 2012
Do you garden? Are you familiar with the term “volunteer”, as it pertains to gardening? Before I tell you about my mysterious invaders, (welcome though they may be) maybe you’d like a rundown of how the garden fared this summer? Trust me. It won’t take long. I wish I had a happier story to tell [...]
Aug 16, 2012
The best part about summer is that there is so much room in the days. There is so much scope for imagination. And if you are still a kid. . . the summer can go on for a very, very long time. We haven’t made it to the beach yet this year (but we will [...]
Jul 18, 2012
What? You don’t like puns? I happen to think they are hysterical. I expect that puts me in some kind of low humor category. Ask me if I care. I saw that somewhere on Facebook yesterday and it made me laugh. And, as promised, today’s post will be about the tomato cages I built am [...]
Jul 16, 2012
If you’re in the garden with my mom – well if I’m in the garden with my mom, I just never know what little thing that I’ve mentioned will turn up on my doorstep, er. . .I mean, at my garden gate. . . I think we actually were in the garden when I asked [...]
Jul 9, 2012
Today has been the kind of day that gets me all tied up in knots. It frustrates me – that is a whopping understatement – to have to do something twice. And that has already happened more than once today. I had already planned to write about making chamomile tea today – and as the [...]
Jun 8, 2012
See? Last week when I did the Pinspired and Produced feature and said it was #9, none of you noticed that it was really supposed to be #10. And honestly? One of us should really be paying attention. Maybe you did notice and you were too polite to say anything. I’ll try to keep track [...]
Jun 6, 2012
Seriously. I spent a bunch of time out in the garden this week and I was thinking about how tenacious the weeds are. We work and work and worry and bend ourselves over backwards to keep the flowers and the vegetable plants alive (often with mixed results), all the while we are fighting and toiling [...]
May 14, 2012
When I started my vegetable garden I was initially very excited and then very frustrated. The excitement came from the vision in my mind of how I wanted the garden to look and all that I wanted it to be. The frustration came because I very quickly realized that I was facing a mountain of [...]
May 13, 2012
But everyday is Mother’s Day, right? Tell your mom you love her. Bring her flowers and treat her well. EVERYDAY
May 11, 2012
So, no. This project was not inspired by anything I saw on Pinterest. I do have to say though, that my introduction to Pinterest has so much to do with my starting this blog and deciding to start doing all of these projects, that it hardly matters if the inspiration piece was actually on Pinterest [...]
