Sometimes, when I multiply numbers in my head, I think back to my third grade teacher, Miss Milner.Miss Milner made learning how to multiply a competition by giving anyone who could multiply all the …
Embrace Plants for a Happier Life
It is with great pride that I introduce d'Artagnan, my college-attending niece's new plant.It's a Madagascar Dragon Tree, Dracaena marginata, and "he", as my niece refers to this plant, now lives on …
Sibling Rivalry in the Garden
Sibling rivalry in the garden isn't what it used to be.For example, for sweet corn, I always just assumed that my youngest sister and I were competing to grow the sweetest, earliest sweet corn of the …
Fabulous Flamingo Collection
Do you collect anything? If you do, how did your collection start? Did you sit down and look at a Big Book of Collections and choose something to collect?No, of course you didn’t. Somewhere, somehow, …
Peonies
Did someone comment that it would be okay if I posted more pictures of my peonies? That’s good, because I fully intend to.Did you know that the peony (Paeonia) is the state flower of Indiana? Yes, …
Tomato Growing Lessons
Are you a staker or a cager?I’m a staker because my Dad was a staker, so I assume his brothers and sister are stakers, too, and that perhaps my grandparents were stakers, but I don’t know for sure.We …
