Archive for November, 2009
While I Was Napping…
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
I hope you’re not weary of my indoor roses.
It’s all I’ve got growing right now!
I suppose this was bound to happen at some point. Not so much an ‘if’ as a ‘when.’ As in… when will I get socked with that nasty flu?
The happy ‘clutter’ in my kitchen [...]
Tuna Haters To Die For Tuna Marinade
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Hazel’s Zinnias
On Tuesdays, we round up the usual suspects and cook a special dinner. It’s not easy. There’s the 2 teenagers who prefer every meal be mac ‘n cheese. There’s a happy little carnivore who thinks bacon in mac ‘n cheese might be dee-lish.
And, then there’s the pescatarians. Fish [...]
The beginning or the ‘End of the Line’? Wordless Wednesday - 11-11-09
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
Common milkweed - Asclepias syriaca
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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Fix’er Up…
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
My sister is still working on getting her new house in a better condition. It’s a solid house, but needed a lot of work, after having been neglected for the past 10 to 15 years.
It was amazing how many of the original fixtures were still in the house. I think [...]
Dear Santa
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Dear Santa,
Knowing that you are going to have a lot of demands on your hands for Christmas things this year, I’ll try to make my requests simple and few.
Okay.. at least…not complicated and not very many.
I’ll work on it!
First of all, I don’t want you to spend too much money [...]
Garlic - Allium sativuum
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
Fall may be the end of the growth cycle for most of the plants in the garden but it is just the beginning for garlic. That is one of the reasons why I have planted it in the past and again this fall. There is the reward of plunging one’s [...]
XXL Micro Minis!
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
These great, big photos celebrate the tiniest flowers blooming in my sunny window:
That sweet little bud I discovered on Saturday has blossomed into a perfect micro-mini rose. Shown here, much bigger than life, she’s about the size of a quarter.
I was so very excited about my baby pinks that [...]
Radiating Happiness
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
New bud on my indoor micro-mini roses. When fully opened, her flowers are about the size of a quarter.
I’m blessed (and a little bit cursed) with a very sunny house. So sunny the furniture fades and it’s hard to watch t.v. until the sun goes down.
Kalanchoes in desperate need [...]
