In past two days the weather has been cooperating, (high 60’s/70) for me to get back into the garden. Both days I went out late in the afternoon, (daylight savings time has helped). It’s funny that I used to limit myself. If I rode my bike, then I couldn’t work in the garden. If I…

This morning I saw the bluebirds making a nest in the bluebird house! That makes me so happy!

Yesterday was 75 degrees and sunny. yeah! I wanted to get outside and prune the roses. I have eight rose bushes and three of them were here when we moved in and have grown a little out of control. I had been hesitant on pruning, because I wasn’t sure when to do it. By volunteering…

We are in the middle of January and not much is happening in the garden. I take this time to notice the silhouette of the bare trees and tall grasses with their fronds. I appreciate the bright green and red berries of the holly and nandina, and I like to watch the wildlife coming to…

The past two days I have been in the garden weeding. I usually get real pleasure from weeding, give me a good root and I’ll dig and tug till I get the sucker! Anyway, I’ve been working on a couple of beds that had some other problems. The first bed had Bee Balm, Beauty Bush,…

Finally the weather has broke and we’ve had a few cooler days. I’ve been able to get out in the garden for a couple of mornings and was able to weed and clean up the front perennial garden. The wiregrass, (which I’m constantly trying to eradicate), again found its way into the garden. I also…

A couple of days had cooled down enough for me to get out in the garden and start weeding. I tell you, if weeds were desirable, I would have the best garden ever! Actually the garden beds themselves aren’t too bad, the weeds are all at the edges of the beds, in between the edging…

I have to say there isn’t too much happening in my garden besides the weeds going crazy. I look out the window longingly wondering when it will be cool enough to tackle some weeding. The temperature is averaging 92 with a heat index of 99 to 102, no rain for over a week. A few…

This morning I went out into the vegetable and herb garden to pick some tomatoes and basil. I tried to get outside while it was still cloudy, we all know how that went. It was 9 am and the sun had just came out, very hot and humid but I set out to do what…