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
Month: May 2010
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
