With spring in the air and temperatures rising we tend to want to frolick outdoors without a care in the world, bury our hands in the soil and allow the sun to dance merrily across out sweat-beaded brow. If we are not smart about our ventures out of doors we could end up in a …
Category
Showing: 11 - 20 of 29 RESULTS
Uncategorized
Hydroponics and Aeroponics
What is hydroponics? The easy answer is growing plants without soil in a nutrient rich solution. There are several ways to set up a hydroponic system but each have a few things in common. They must allow enough room for the roots to grow. They must offer proper aeration for the roots so they do …
Join the Blog Hop
Gather some linky love by joining our weekly blog hop. It ends tonight at 11:59 PM EST so get your links with thumbnails in now and visit the other blogs on the linky. Visit our Blog Hop page for the linky list.
Making the Most of Your Herb Garden
Eating fresh herbs from your garden is wonderful when they are in season. The bounty can be almost too much for a single family to eat at any one time. It is such a shame to see the plant with all it’s goodness wilt and die back in the fall with loads of wonderful leaves …
Larger Garden
My computer is broken so I haven’t been able to regularly update. I was able to expand thesize of my garden by 6 x 12 feet. I filled thespace with mounds for zucchini, cucumber, watermelon and squash. It’s been really dry so I’ve had to water with the hose almost daily.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-01
@handbagheaven I’m still looking for a handba. I’ve been shopping at JCPenney, Kohl’s and Sears so far # @eMom after I had DD2 in late December I was away from my computer so long my inbox was buried in 10s of thousands of emails! Yikes # @frandrescher My mother in law is a 18 year …
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 …
Cleaning Up the Yard
After a month of no rain and no energy on my part the yard looks terrible. My husband has either been working or had plans every weekend so he hasn’t been much help either. So, even with my 6 month pregnant belly I decided to tackle some much needed yard clean up tasks. We have …
Update on Winter Sowing Experiment
Believe it or not some of my wintersown seeds that actually bore seedlings are just getting into their permanent home in the ground. I have some White Swan Echinacea and Japanese Irises that actually sprouted in June and survived the heat and rains. They are going to find their home next to some hollyhocks behind …
Hail Shreds Local Plantlife
Last Sunday we had a hailstorm that ripped through Northwest Ohio. It took a full 20 to 30 minutes to pass each place it hit. This gave it a chance to pummel the trees, flowers, and crops across the region. It was fun to watch and pretty to look at as it collected on the …