I was a bad gardener. Last fall when I should have pulled up all my dead plants and cleaned up the debris in the garden I didn’t. I got so busy with homeschooling and getting back into blogging that it just got away from me. On Sunday afternoon it got into the mid 60s which …
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Psychotic Weather Hampers Gardener’s Early Starts
March was the warmest month on record nationwide. With temperatures in the Midwest nearing 90 many of us had to turn on the AC several months earlier than expected. This also urged on many eager gardeners to plant out in the garden at least two months earlier that is usual (or prudent) for the Midwest. …
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Ugly Storms Rip Across the Midwest on Tuesday
Google Search results: midwest storm on Tuesday (My story starts below) Huge storm trundles across Midwest, South – MSNBC Oct 27, 2010 … As it howled across the Midwest and South on Tuesday, the storm packed wind gusts of up to 81 mph Tuesday, snapping trees and power lines, … www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39864331/ns/weather/ Get more results from …
Cold Weather In, Fresh Veggies Out???
Does winter mean we have to forgo the pleasure of eating fresh vegetables? If you live in the Midwest US like I do getting those fresh veggies from your garden ended a couple of months ago (unless you have shelter for your plants). It’s only 10 degrees F outside, but that doesn’t mean you can’t …
Vicious Winter Storm
Our first snow of the season and it has to be a yucky one. Monday morning it started snowing and it left about an inch on the roads. Tuesday it was more of the same until about 6 PM. Wet, heavy, slippery snow started to fall in blankets across the landscape. Great for plants, bad …
Snow in April
Last week I noticed as I looked out the window that my tulips are peaking out of the ground as are my daylilies, wormwood and phlox. It won’t be long and we will have a lush display of many shades of green with different textures and shapes of leaves. It made me itch to do …
Flooding in the Midwest
Last weekend and the beginning of this weeks were horrible days of scary weather. We had tornado warnings, continuous rain and massive flooding. Everywhere you looked in NW Ohio there were rivers and creeks overflowing their banks and low lying areas in farmer’s fields that were flooded. Roads were impassible and even sections of area …
Yearning for Spring
With several inches of snow on the ground, below freezing temperatures and days that the roads are so icy I won’t venture out even to get the mail – I really miss being outside. My three year old wants to play in the snow so badly, but when temps are subzero and I have an …
Nostalgia for the Ground
With below zero temperatures, several inches of snow on the ground and a newborn to take care of that keeps me inside all the time – I am seriously missing playing in the dirt. Now that my pregnancy is over and my body is feeling more normal than it has in 9 months I want …