I feel like I should write an ode to tulips. While other flowers and shrubs and trees have succumbed to the freezing temperatures, the tulips have carried on as though it is no big deal to be frozen …
Renovation of a Flower Bed… And Peas Sown!
When I went out to get the newspaper very early this morning, I realized that it was quite cold and the violas and pansies got their first experience of below freezing temperatures. But by mid …
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Green Thumb Sunday – Another Hole
Another hole in my vegetable garden! Unlike the hole I found last week, this one shows definite signs that someone or something was setting up for the long haul! To the left you can see the nesting …
Can’t Sit on the Ground Yet
The caption for this picture should be "world's worst picture of a crocus" In my excitement at seeing these come up out of nowhere on Sunday afternoon, I didn't think much about the camera angle and …
Green Thumb Sunday – Hole in the Garden
Who dug this hole in one of my raised beds in the vegetable garden? Who? It was not me. I was very careful and deliberate last fall in raking all the beds smooth, and would have noticed if I had dug a …
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Serenity in the Garden, Excitement in the City
We woke up this morning to see that we had finally gotten our first significant snowfall of the winter. This is a picture of the raised bed vegetable garden, taken from about the same spot I took …
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