Ever since I was a little girl I have loved trees. My father’s house is on a four acre lot that was pretty much naked when he bought it save for the house and the barn. He had a pond put in and over the years has planted hundreds of trees. Evergreens like Blue Spruce …
October 2008
Freedom Gardens New Gardening Site
This site, FreedomGardens.org, is mostly new to me. Our friends at New York Renovators blog joined and when I read their post it moved me to sign on too. The premise of this site is to encourage families all over the US and the world to become more self sustaining – at least as regards …
A Day of Indian Summer
October is teasing me! Yesterday when I couldn’t be home it was nice and warm and would have been a perfect day to get some of my fall gardening tasks completed. It got up to a high of 85 degrees F and was slightly breezy. At least I got my hubby to get me a …
The Weather Has Turned – Are You Still Gardening?
The weather has turned colder. It’s as if the calendar told the weather, “Hey, it’s October. It’s time to get cold.” And it certainly did. We went from a balmy 80 the week before to mid 50s and low 60s all last week. There is hope for 70 degree weather this week which would be …