Archive for January, 2009
« Previous EntriesThe indoor garden grows!
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 35 F
Low 22 F
More snow and ice arrived today but I have been busy at the desk and plan on re-potting these small treasures picked up on a recent trip to a local greenhouse. This time of year drags incessantly on and the indoor garden provides a bit [...]
Figs and Roses
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
A Mexican dove sits in the oak tree in the yard behind us. It and 3 of its flockmates were sitting quietly, waiting for the cold front to arrive. And, I suppose, wishing I’d fill the bird feeders. Sorry guys, out of luck today.
I wish I could paint the way [...]
Happy New Year
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Today is the Chinese New Year, the beginning of the Lunar New Year as celebrated by Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean…most Asian cultures. It is the Year of the Bull.
I feel somewhat comforted by the fact that it is the Year of the Bull, as it seems, I think, that we’re not [...]
6th Folder Meme & The Fantasy Life
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Get Lost Cottage #6
Dunkineely, Ireland
Sounds kind of silly but it wasn’t until I purchased a scanner that I began to recognize who I am and what I want out of life. That’s when I started sorting through boxes and boxes of old photographs. In that jumbled mess of photos [...]
75 Exceptional Herbs for your garden by Jack Staub
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 23 F
Low - 1 F
Totally gratuitous garden shot
75 Exceptional Herbs for your Garden is the latest in this series of books by author, Jack Staub. It is also the last book of the book giveaway. I think that you will find this one particularly interesting as [...]
75 Exceptional Herbs for your garden by Jack Staub
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 23 F
Low - 1 F
Totally gratuitous garden shot
75 Exceptional Herbs for your Garden is the latest in this series of books by author, Jack Staub. It is also the last book of the book giveaway. I think that you will find this one particularly interesting as there are many [...]
Sundancing & Dirt! The Movie
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
10 days out of every year I get to be a film critic.
That’s because I live in the tiny little town where this guy hosts his Sundance Film Festival.
Everywhere you turn you’ll see a famous face.
Each year I discover that another tall, handsome, leading man is actually very short [...]
Ambition, or God Help Me, What Was I Thinking??
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
To be fair, almost everything under “herbs” are plants I already have planted here and there, except for the basils, which have to be replanted every year anyway. This year, I’m planning to put them with some of the tomatoes and some marigolds.
Also, some of the vegetable seeds were bought [...]
List This One Under: HUH???
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
The darnedest thing happened to me on the way home from work the other day. It’s never happened to me before, and it’s not something I thought would ever happen to me.
What was it? Let me tell you the story.
There I was, in my 1996 Saturn, driving home. I noticed [...]
Desert Island Plant Challenge
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 31 F
Low 11 F
It is so pleasant to think of a desert/tropical island at this time of year and thank you to Shirl of Shirl’s Garden Watch for helping with the blog topics by suggesting this challenge. What three plants would I choose for my tropical (I prefer this [...]
Help
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I’m having some problems with my laptop. Not the laptop memory, that’s been fine. No, I’m having trouble getting into the id’s in the machine. It boots up, right up until I have to choose the identity/account to enter into. It keeps flickering right on….then off.
Is there anyone out there [...]
The “Cain’t Sees”
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I’ve got a bad case of the “cain’t sees”. Even though my eyeglasses are less than a year old, either my eyes have gotten worse lately, or my nose isn’t as long as it used to be. Not that it was ever very long to begin with..sigh. I’ve a stubby [...]
Eyes Everywhere.
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Most of us, most of the time, don’t ever think about just how many security cameras there are on us all the time. We go into stores…we’re seen. Go into a bank, have your picture taken. Go through a toll booth…have your car and movements tracked. It’s enough to have [...]
The Skinny
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
‘Pup’s weight loss has been on an up and down road. Lately, it’s been the “up” part that has been causing problems. However, ‘Pup has an advantage in that he doesn’t need weight loss pills to get back on the “down”, he just has to eat properly. He needs more [...]
Not Eating
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
‘Pup and I both slept most of yesterday away. Why? I’m not really sure, except that we’re both trying to get over a cold. I thought mine had been beaten, but it seems to have come back. We’ve not been eating well either. Neither of us have felt like eating, [...]
A Big Ol’ Smile
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
The big day is coming up. Tomorrow we’ll have a new president and our country will begin again, as it has since George Washington, to peacefully change the head of our government. This luxury is not given to every nation. It is, perhaps telling that the nations/cultures that are most [...]
More winter reading and book giveaway!
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 28 F
Low 14 F
It is hard to believe that this is the scene yet again on a Sunday morning! The birds are fighting for food and the snow is flying. At least it is my weekend off so there is no driving to be done. Time once again to [...]
Winter Whites
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
“Two seasonal diversions can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other, seed catalogues.” - Hal Borland
My garden is asleep under a blanket of white. I flip through catalogs, making plans for warmer months.
I want every flower in those catalogs and I won’t whittle [...]
Pause for Thought
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
One of the first things ‘Pup and I did after getting married was look at insurance. For those of you who have been married and have had children, life insurance is probably a given. You have to think about those you’re leaving behind.
People who are single, and have been single [...]
Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day, January 2009
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
First, to all of those in the heart of that monstrously, viciously cold Siberian Slapdown– you have my respect. And my fervent wishes that you stay safe, warm and well.
We’re going to be bit by the backend of a brushoff from that mess, and we might go down to the [...]
Bloom Day - January 15, 2009
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 15 F
Low 9 F
With those temperatures above, there is nothing blooming outside at Ledge and Gardens and inside, at this time of year with low light levels, there are just a couple of plants with flowers showing. The begonia, above, was brought in this past fall and has not [...]
Well Wishes
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Not for me, I’m beginning to feel better and will probably be able to work tomorrow. Instead, I’d appreciate it if you’d head over to a site that tells the story of a battle against a much more intractable foe, and a very young man. Please sign his guestbook.
Rating 3.00 [...]
Confessions
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
Just a random garden shot from July ‘08
Most of us who blog have been asked horticultural advice from others at one time or another. Some of us give horticultural advice as part of our jobs and part of our lives. It is very satisfying to share one’s knowledge with others [...]
Orchids Celestial
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
“There are orchids terrestrial and orchids celestial….” So says Mr. Sanders, Britain’s most distinguished authority on Orchids (120 years ago.*)
Woman does not live by bread alone. Plentifully garnished baked potatoes, maybe, but definitely not bread.
I marched into the grocery store hell bent on the idea of staying within my [...]
Thymes on My Mind (and Hands!)
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I owe a big apology to a company that sent me some products to review. Not only am I really late, the products are really good. And I feel really bad. (Not just because I’ve got a nasty cold…this is shame) (I hate shame.)
The products arrived during the summer. I [...]
