(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to animals, birds, neighborhood, rocks, seeds, shrubs, veggies, weekend on 2008-03-07, 07:21:00

25*, feels like 15*, 63% humidity, NE 9 mph wind, cloudy, FLOOD WARNING Friday, at last. Not that this has been a bad week (except for my grumpy butt syndrome yesterday morning) I am just glad the weekend is here. Having a WHOLE weekend off is exciting to me. It hasn't happened in a long while. This weekend I hope to hit the Heron Rookery about 20 minutes away, where the herons should be busy

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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 Indiana, Winter, animals, seeds, shrubs, snow, spring, veggies, weather, weekend, wind on 2008-02-26, 06:13:00

32*, feels like 20*, 87% humidity, N 18 mph wind, light snow So much for the taste of spring that we had last weekend! We are now covered in a blanket of snow again, with howling winds. it is said that this is the snowiest year in 30 years. All I know is this is the snowiest winter yet I've had since moving to Indiana. So, in protest and FAITH that spring will return in a timely manner, I sowed

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to food, fruit, garden, roses, seeds, shrubs, trees, vines on 2008-02-24, 16:23:00

32*, feels like 26*, 75% humidity, SSW 7 mph wind, cloudy, WINTER STORM WATCH I'm going to be adding quite a bit of more edible landscaping/ fruits to my garden this year. Wild Elderberry---on order, Pintree Garden SeedsCranberry, Stevens---on order, Pinetree Garden SeedsRaspberry, Lantham-red--- on order, Pinetree Garden SeedsStrawberry, Sparkle---on order, Pinetree Garden SeedsGrape, Concord-

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Flowers, LOVE, cheapskate finds, leaves, photos, seeds, shrubs, snow, summer, weather, wildflowers on 2007-12-13, 16:58:00

31*, feels like 20*, 78% humidity, WSW 16 mph wind, cloudy I have a new lover. His name is Penstemon smallii. I bumped into him at the clearance table at the nursery in late summer. At first I wasn't too impressed with him. He seemed....cheep. So I did a background check on him and found out that they tend to like a more dry climate so I thought he and I wouldn't stand a chance together. Still,

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to California, Flowers, garden, holidays, photos, pointsettas, shrubs on 2007-12-11, 07:53:00

33*, 92% humidity, calm wind, wintry mix, Freezing Rain Advisory I became jealous of everyone showing pictures of trips to greenhouses with all the pretty poinsettias so I had to make my own trip out to see some. The greenhouse around here, the only one open this time of year other then box stores, is a small family owned one. But you have to have a lot of $$$ to buy some of the plants they sell

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Frost,, books, cheapskate finds, covercrop, fruit, garden, hostas, photos, seeds, shrubs, veggies, work on 2007-12-07, 06:39:00

28*, feels like 18*, 90% humidity, SW 12 mph wind, cloudy, 1.5" new snow fell over night Last night when I got home from a pretty rough night at work and a long slippery drive home, there was a package on my doorstep. Now, I was THRILLED to see this package. After all, it was the thing that kept me going last night. "Maybe there will be a package on the doorstep!," I kept telling myself. And Lo

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to California, Sasha, Winter, fruit, garden, shrubs, snow, trees on 2007-12-06, 19:43:00

24*, feels like 18*, 69% humidity, S 5 mph wind, cloudy, snow advisory This morning when I let the dog out to eat snow or whatever it is she likes to do so much with snow, I took a brisk stroll around the garden to see how things look. My garden this winter has slightly more winter interest this year then the year before thanks to my rhodie, the new conifer, and a few bare of leaves baby shrubs.

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to fruit, garden, leaves, photos, shrubs, snow, trees, veggies on 2007-12-05, 07:24:00

23*, feels like 12*, 69% humidity, NW 10 mph wind, Cloudy, blowing snow The apple tree (it still has leaves??) The little Arctic blue willow. I had to brush snow off of it as it was laying flat on the ground this morning when I went to check on it. maybe that's how they survive the Arctic? My rhododendron. I also had to brush snow off this in the morning. The snowy veggie garden. Blueberry

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Winter, food, friends, fruit, garden, resolutions, seeds, shrubs, snow, trees, veggies on 2007-11-15, 20:00:00

32*, feels like 26*, 66% humidity, W 7 mph wind, cloudy My main goals for next years garden is going to be something like this: 1) REALLY try to produce as much food from the garden as possible this year. 2)Eat as much as I grow or put up extra for the winter. 3)Add for future garden productivity (bushes, trees, more garden beds) 4) Rabbits for food and chickens for eggs--they add manure too.