I was out this morning doing some weeding when I began to notice something I'd never really noticed before: we have a lot of imposters in the garden! Like these wild morning glories that grow like weeds. They technically are weeds but I have to make myself kill them because they are just sooo pretty. …
I am almost officially done with re-potting flowers, planting seeds and transplanting seedlings in the flower and garden beds this season so soon it will be time to sit back in the shade, sip some tea and wait for my hard work to pay off. In between watering, weeding, pruning and fertilizing, that is! I …
Just because I love purple and have decided to go a bit mad here with my obsession, that doesn't mean I don't love my other flower colors! I realized while sorting my photo albums that we've been blessed with some rather lovely pink blooms over the years. Here are just a few of them: A …
I mentioned that I want to be known as the purple flower lady and I even went so far as to buy one of every variety of purple flower at our local nursery. The only thing they didn't seem to have were irises which I've really been wanting but hadn't gotten around to getting yet. …
"What are you doing with that wire?" I asked. "I'm building you the potato tower you said you wanted," he replied. I had almost forgotten I'd even mentioned wanting a potato tower in the garden this year until the moment I saw him making it. We'd watched the video together weeks ago and both thought …
