I noticed the other day that some of the violets were blooming again. How nice! I always like it when spring flowering plants provide a few repeat blooms in the fall.I love violets in the garden. …
Quick Spider Update
Earlier, I had posted about BIG spiders that were in my sister's backyard. Today, she tells me they found a spider just like those, only smaller, in the house. My aunt and others warned her they …
What About Peppers?
Yesterday in writing about my grandparent's gardens, I focused on the two things they didn't grow, broccoli and cauliflower.Would anyone like to know what they did grow? Well, practically everything …
Garden Family History
I’m always interested to hear what kinds of gardens my grandparents had, so I was happy to have one of my uncles call me out of the blue to meet him for some dinner and garden talk. He had come up to …
Little Joe, Big Bill, Fred, and George
I had the whole outdoors to myself this afternoon. Everyone else, it seemed, was attending or watching The Game. Sure, it’s fun to watch a football team that seems to make history with every game, but …
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Ought to be a Policy
My neice and nephews were playing in their backyard the other day and found some "creatures" which they tried to keep as new pets. They captured them, named them, played with them, and then asked …
