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Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Sigh, so much for planting today.
On the upside, when it stops raining, the soil will be easier to dig in!
On the downside, it’s not going to stop until Friday!
On the upside, I’m OFF on Fridays….
Downside: I’ve got more doctor appointments!
Note to self, I want to get more calendulas, as the [...]
Bullfrog Bucks at Nelson’s Watergardens
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
It’s been a busy day.
‘Pup and I started things off well, deciding to go to Sandy’s Produce for brunch. I had an unbeatable omelet, fresh fruit, Japanese yam, oatmeal, coffee, and tea. By then, they’d started changing out to the lunch part of brunch…. (we got there at just the [...]
Lifelines
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
What with all the doctor shopping ‘Pup and I have been doing, we’ve become all the more…cognisant of the state of our health. And, with our investments doing a nose dive, we’re not going to be getting cable anytime soon, nor will we be getting a new television. We’ll be [...]
Lulu’s Menagerie
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
The whole sticking out the tongue thing is how Fred tells you he’s happy.
“Howsabout a retirement commune? Nothing crazy religious, or too hippy/Woodstock. Just a whole bunch of like-minded people who own land adjacent to one another?”
Harold has a hard time with open spaces. He gets nervous on the [...]
A Perfect 6.0
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I’ve been having some really bad trouble with my knees lately, especially my heretofore GOOD knee.
Yesterday, I was home, and it started raining. Remembering that we’d left a new piece of gardening equipment out that should have been put in, I scrambled out. Well, not so much scrambled, as limped…
I [...]
The Case for Heirloom Bulbs
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Powerscourt Gardens, near Dublin, Ireland. I took this photo 20 years ago and I’ll bet younger generations of this same Tulip bulb are still blooming.
“Your bulb order is heading to the barn and from there it will be shipped.”
I got all warm and fuzzy when I heard my bulbs [...]
HEY LOOK!
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
We have red leaves!!
Okay, there aren’t many of them and they aren’t as vivid.. but hey. In a sea of green, they do stand out.
These are some smaller saplings, about 5 feet tall. The older, taller trees aren’t showing much color yet. This weekend is supposed to be cooler and [...]
Have You Ever WISHED You Needed Gas?
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Remember this? It’s my most favorite sign in Houston. Go Free Enterprise! When I passed by the intersection (Hwy 529 and Eldridge Pkwy), the price for gas was $1.86. That’s even lower than I’d paid two days ago.
Then, I went home.
Yes, what you see is correct. The Chevron was $1.78….so [...]
Flying High
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I said, in the post before this one, that one of the American Gothic Chicks had gotten married. It was a birthday present.
No, really, it was.
Her dear love ( a great man ) surprised her with a trip to a romantic location. Before he picked her up, he went shopping. [...]
The Friday Afternoon Club
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Most people dream of gorgeous, decked-out mansions, but I could live happily ever after in a tiny little cottage such as this one.
Once in a blue moon, I feel as if I have some control over life.
Take last Friday, for instance, when we hiked to the not so Spooky [...]
Confidence
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I just had an interesting conversation with an online friend of mine (one of my American Gothic Chicks ). We were talking about confidence and how that made the difference when people decided that you were attractive, or…not.
me: and go to get my new shoes (diabetic, with orthopedic inserts–sexy eh?)
V: [...]
In The Fall, Red Rules in My Garden
Submitted by May Dreams Gardens Blog
Do you plan for fall color in your garden?
I have so much red in my garden right now, that I’m going to claim I planned it that way! Who would know otherwise?
Forget that I don’t really like red flowers. In the fall, red rules in my garden.
This first red shrub [...]
Small, Medium, Large
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Up close, the blossoms of the Mexican heather, where the honey bees are finally making their appearance.
The medium, a rather large bloom out of the angel wing jasmine.
And a large, up close dive into a rose.
Happy Election Day to you all…
Now, if you haven’t already… go vote.
Rating 3.00 out of [...]
Embrace Garden Blogging for a Happier Life
Submitted by May Dreams Gardens Blog
This is the 1,000th post on my blog.
Who could have imagined where this walk down the garden blogging path would take me, and take many of us garden bloggers?
I started this blog “officially” on September 26, 2004. In my first blog post, I wrote about wanting to mow the lawn [...]
It’s Still a Beautiful World
Submitted by May Dreams Gardens Blog
Days like today, with clear blue skies and warm temperatures, make us forget that winter is closer than spring.
We get in an awful big hurry late in the fall, trying to clean everything up and stow it away before the snow flies.
But we shouldn’t get in too big of a [...]
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
November 4, 2008. Vote.
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Hurricane Ike Syndrome Hits Plants
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
After Ike, a lot of the plants in the area suffered damage of varying severity, ranging from lost leaves to uprooting to whole trees goin’ DOWN (too often taking power lines and roofs with them).
Very soon afterwards, people noticed things blooming when they shouldn’t.
What I’ve noticed recently is that, in [...]
Embrace Garden Blogging for a Happier Life
Submitted by May Dreams Gardens Blog
This is the 1,000th post on my blog.
Who could have imagined where this walk down the garden blogging path would take me, and take many of us garden bloggers?
I started this blog “officially” on September 26, 2004. In my first blog post, I wrote about wanting to mow the lawn [...]
It’s Still a Beautiful World
Submitted by May Dreams Gardens Blog
Days like today, with clear blue skies and warm temperatures, make us forget that winter is closer than spring.
We get in an awful big hurry late in the fall, trying to clean everything up and stow it away before the snow flies.
But we shouldn’t get in too big of a [...]
Virtual Tea Time
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Thank you, Iron. This made my day! In fact, it made my day extra special.
‘Cause I was having a week where I wished I worked with nicer people. I’m not feeling sorry for myself when I say this. Simply stating a fact. My workaday world is filled with folks [...]
