It's a cool evening after a long day, making it a good time for a porch chat. So put down that watering hose, grab your favorite beverage, and come sit on my virtual porch so we can chat about our ideas. Ideas not acted upon are like seeds in a packet. Left too long without giving them what they need to grow, they turn to dust. They are nothing. When we first see a seed, it looks nothing like the plant it will become. Ideas don't always resemble what they will actually become either. Some … [Read more...] about Porch Chat: Seed of an Idea
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Porch Chat: Five Pictures From My Garden
This evening was a good evening for a porch chat, once I sprayed myself with some mosquito repellant (all herbal) and walked around the garden for a bit, tending to one thing and then another in a more or less random, mindless manner. I call it Slow GADS, when you wander around doing not much of anything but still doing a few things, like deadheading daylilies, suckering and tying up tomatoes, watering containers that are up on the porch and didn't get three inches of rain dumped on them last … [Read more...] about Porch Chat: Five Pictures From My Garden
Porch Chat: We Are A Lot Like Watering Cans
It’s a bit too cold to sit on the porch these days, so come on in and let’s talk about what we’ve learned about watering cans so far this week.We now know that many gardeners have more then one watering can, and some gardeners actually collect them, as if they were hoes! You should take a quick virtual trip to Wisconsin to see Linda from Each Little World’s accounting of her watering cans then come right back!We also now know the names of the various parts of watering cans, and when these … [Read more...] about Porch Chat: We Are A Lot Like Watering Cans
Porch Chat: How to Tend Your Imaginary Garden
It’s a little bit chilly this evening, but with a jacket, a hat, and some gloves, it’s pleasant enough to sit on the porch and enjoy the crispness in the air.These crisp fall days are numbered. Rain is expected to arrive later tonight and temperatures will be dropping steadily through the weekend. We’ll probably have a killing frost by Monday morning here at May Dreams Gardens.Then it’s officially over for this season.What then? What do we do after we’ve cleaned up the garden?We start thinking … [Read more...] about Porch Chat: How to Tend Your Imaginary Garden
Porch Chat: Confessions About My Gardening
It’s a lovely Friday evening here at May Dreams Gardens. Come sit on the bench on my porch for a minute or two, because I’ve got some confessing to do.All set? Need a cold drink before we start? Here we go...I confess that I have been just a tiny bit lax on some of my gardening chores this summer.In particular, I confess I’ve been somewhat lackadaisical about mulching.So how much mulching did I do? Well, I had three or four bags of hardwood mulch left over from when I quit mulching last fall, so … [Read more...] about Porch Chat: Confessions About My Gardening
Porch Chat: Lessons from the Weeds
Come sit up here on the porch next to me and let's chat over a a tall glass of your favorite iced beverage.Awhile back, I boldly declared that we should all embrace weeding, because no matter where you garden, weeding has to be done. There is no magic answer to controlling weeds that doesn’t require some effort. There just isn’t.Oh sure, some methods of weeding and controlling weeds require less effort, but you will never be entirely free from weeding as long as you garden. I can promise you … [Read more...] about Porch Chat: Lessons from the Weeds
