Just when you think you have your day nicely planned, Mother Nature sees fit to throw a spanner in the works. Monday, I was all geared up for a day at the computer, setting my world to rights – well,
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We have lift off!
It is with great irony that I submit the following photo to June’s Picture This Photo Contest over at Gardening Gone Wild. Though this guy is our sworn enemy, I submitted this shot, from The Peas Treaty post because I
Going Potty for Bloom Day!
I just couldn’t resist it! I wanted flowers like I would have in Ireland – I used to keep containers on the window sills of my apartment there – the closest thing I had to a garden for a while
Mulch ado about nothing
I had to laugh when I read through my usual blogs this morning. So many posts seemed to tie in with what I was going to write about today. I’ve been completely obsessing about the garden this week – I
Living on a prayer
Our Sixth Form (Senior year in high school equivalent in the US) anthem was Bon Jovi’s “Living On a Prayer”. The lyric that really caught me was “Whoa, we’re half-way the-re Whoa-oh, living on a pray-er” We were
Guest Garden #3 – The art of gardening.
This garden is to gardeners what art galleries are to art lovers. Rossella and Jon hosted this months garden club under the beautiful Modesto Ash that provides a graceful centrepiece for their native/drought tolerant garden. The sunken fire pit surrounded
Picture This Photo Contest May 2010
I found it tough to make a decision as to which photo to submit for the May Picture This Photo Contest. Not that I hold much hope of winning, though I did get an Honorable Mention in the last one
Cold Season, Warm Season Game
In a panic to get my Roma tomatoes finally planted in soil, I hastily plopped them in amongst the struggling remnants of the winter veggies, such as the broccoli – which I’m still harvesting – though only enough for about
April Showers – in May! Whats up with that?
When people ask me when is the best time to travel to Ireland, I always say “Go in May.” At this time of the year the weather is pretty good, though in Ireland that is never guaranteed, but at least
The Birds and the Bees!
When I was a biology teacher, (a hundred years ago, in another life), I used to love announcing to the kids, “Today we are doing reproduction.” Their collective, poorly hidden excitement soon turned sour as I put up a diagram