No long winded post here – just one of my Mom’s violets. Have I told you that she’s got a ‘thumb’ for violets! (I don’t know if it’d be a green thumb,…or a violet one. LOL) She can take one of those $3.00 tiny plants from the store and transform it into a blooming powerhouse […] Read more…
Sub-Urban Edibles: not just for the Hipster set
This post, I have to say, is for my sister – the Foodie, Permaculture fan, and Tiny-House living one. A couple of weeks ago she Shared a Post about a guy who was distraught about the City making him remove, what he called, an edible forest. Whereas part of me had sympathy for him, the other […] Read more…
Floral Delivery : from my screen to yours
Hey, I’ve been busy making diet cookies yesterday – too busy to blog. Sorry. I’ll get to that later. What I do have for you today is a simple and pleasant post about a flower that surprised me the other day. Actually two of them. Back in May, this Oakleaf Hydrangea had bloomed in a […] Read more…
Peaches, Peaches everywhere!
The Peaches are here, the peaches are here!! I’ve been waiting for 3 years for this little tree to have an actual harvest. All I can say is be careful what you wish for. Last year I got two or three little tasty peaches. Remember when I remarked about how pretty the blossoms were? They […] Read more…
Local Haunt: the New – Old Sherwood Forest Nursery
Last week I put up a post about my Oakleaf Hydrangea that I’d bought the previous year at my favorite local nursery. After reading the post, my Aunt Kathy responded with a note that they’d been closed down. ‘GASP’ Noooo – I had to check this out. Besides, it was Mothers Day weekend and I […] Read more…
Bermuda Grass – Mother Earth should be happy
I love Bermuda and I don’t mean the island…. It was Earth Day last month and I hadn’t come up with anything interesting to post. Turns out, I do have something to help Mother Earth…low maintenance grass. You see, I live in one of those developments that started up during the 80’s and 90’s. Which […] Read more…
Oakleaf Hydrangea: Mothers Day flowers from my screen to yours
This week, to salute Mothers Day I’m trying to post lovely things that bring me joy – and don’t take a lot of work. Meaning, I won’t be posting any bathroom remodeling shots that’ll just make your To-Do-List longer. That’s later. This week, my Oak Leaf Hydrangea bloomed. I believe it’s the ‘Snow Queen’ variety. […] Read more…
Blueberries: Not just from the grocery store
Wikipedia says: Blueberries are “perennial flowering plants with indigo-colored berries from the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium (a genus that also includes cranberries and bilberries).” OK, that’s nice, but what ARE they? Well, until I started picking them, I never really thought about it much. It’s a berry from a bush, from somewhere. Some people figure they just came from the grocery store. After the big […] Read more…
The Flower Recipe Book : a review
Mothers Day is coming, so this week I think I’ll post about flowers and gardening a bit. This is a ‘throw-back’ from last year, but still very relevant. I like to consider myself the Mistress of Mediocrity. I do many, many things pretty well – I don’t do anything particularly well enough to be considered […] Read more…
Peach Pics
These are some gratuitous peach pics ! Not much to say, but I can’t wait to pick them!! This tree is in the back yard and planted where it really shouldn’t be, near the lake. The YouTuber’s say they ‘don’t like wet feet’. OK, well, this isn’t wet, but it could be. So, don’t give […] Read more…