(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Flowers, Sasha, Winter, animals, blue, brown, leaves, rocks, roses, seeds, spring, summer, veggies on 2008-03-08, 11:20:00

25*, feels like 15*, 45% humidity, NW 10 mph wind, partly cloudy, FLOOD WARNING Spring is close. I know it now. This morning I woke to that change in the air, that indescribable smell that wakes me every year when the spring switch is thrown. And though the day is most certainly NOT spring like, there was that smell. It's close. It's coming! Speaking of smells, I also got a whiff of summer as

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Buttons, Little Osa, Pink, Sasha, Winter, blue, chores, daylily, garden, herbs, hostas, pets, photos, roses, shrubs, spring, veggies, video, yellow on 2008-02-27, 09:32:00

Since I don't have much in the way of winter interest in my garden yet other then this dwarf arctic blue willow..... I'm going to stay focused on the inside today. My old gal Sasha is in for surgery today, so while the dog is away, I've been doing a bit of spring cleaning. getting rid of a godawful amount of dog hair from the couches and all that. Just seemed like a good idea to do it now while

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to blue, cheapskate finds, food, grass, herbs, pets, seeds on 2008-02-24, 07:14:00

I have some herbs already in the yard, this list will be of new ones I am starting this year. Catnip- I've already started it in the house. The cats help me keep the seedlings pinched so they will grow bushy. These were Ferris Morris seeds.Peppermint Mentha x piperita-- Already started in the house. I wouldn't mind at all if this escaped into the lawn...The seeds were a freebie from Celestrial

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Freya, Mr. Hyper, Winter, animals, blue, herbs, idiots, neighborhood, photos, seeds, wildflowers on 2007-12-04, 13:15:00

34*, 64% humidity, calm wind, cloudy, SEVERE WEATHER ALERT: Snow Advisory up to 6" Every now and then I do a search on Google or yahoo for 'Free Seeds'. You never know just what will pop up. Just the other day I discovered Burt's Bees has a free wildflower seed offer. Last year I received 2 packets of herb seed from Celestrial Seasonings teas. Well going through my seed stash I found the

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Flowers, Grow-A-Long Fun, blue, books, cheapskate finds, fruit, garden, herbs, hostas, seeds, tomatoes, trees, veggies, wildflowers on 2007-11-24, 19:16:00

28*, feels like 22*, 82% humidity, SSW 6 mph wind, fair My Pinetree catalogue came in the mail the other day but I didn't have time to go through it and make my order. This year it's going to be quite sizable--- Seeds: Nutribud Broccoli (open pollinated) Falstaff Brusselsprouts (Open pollinated) Slim Jim eggplant (Open pollinated) Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin -----for the giant pumpkin grow