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
Year: 2010
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
Guest Garden #2 – Waste Not Want Not
Did you know that you can eat arugula flowers? And they are totally yummy? This is what I learned at this months meeting of the garden club hosted by Lisa in her garden. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon,
The Peas Treaty
The Peas Treaty So it is by now well established that I hate slugs. Slugs are stealth experts – they strike in the dead of night and the only ones I’ve actually seen were the ones that drowned in my
Wonders never cease.
When your major competitor is a slug, it makes you wonder at your status in the universe! Such is my obsession with the slugs in my garden that my friend, Haile, from Ireland sent me a book “50 Ways to