I am starting to get excited, Spring is almost here! This week starting tomorrow the temperature is going to be in the 60’s and maybe 70’s by the end of the week. I have been anxiously looking out the window and making lists of what I will tackle and when. Of course this not only…

For the past week we have had snow and rain and then everything iced up so it looks very pretty. The bird feeders are always busy, but when it snows, they are super busy. I enjoy watching the birds at the feeders so much. I don’t even get too mad at the squirrels. One day…

Gardening has all but stopped during these winter months. I have started focusing a little more on my indoor plants and luckily they don’t need too much attention. What is very nice right now is observing the birds. I have made a couple of observations that are different from the usual habits I’ve come to…

I tend to accomplish more when I make a list. My list the other day had to do with getting things done in the garden before the cold weather sets in. I wanted to dig up 2 Canna lilies (bulbs), and 1 Dahlia, plant more Daffodil bulbs, plant 2 Shasta daisies I bought for 2…

I got a shot of cortisone in my knee and some Rx anti-inflammatory pills and I’m good to go. I started in the front perennial garden. I’ve been wanting to finish my beer bottle border so that’s the first thing I worked on. Alas my 5 gallon pail of bottles emptied and I needed around…

It is the middle of October, my absolute favorite time of year. I love the cool weather, blue skies, crisp air and the beautiful changing of the leaves. Today the temperature is perfect for me to go out and work in the garden but my knee hurts really bad so I won’t be able to.…

Today I’m going to talk about mushrooms. Throughout the years of gardening, I have encountered many different kinds. In NY I had this white protrusion literally erupting out of the ground. At the time I didn’t even know what it was. I told my grandson that it was an alien egg coming up from underground…

The past 2 days have been a bit cooler, 80’s and cloudy, still some humidity. Late in the afternoon I decided to go do a little work in the garden and see if any peppers had to be picked. I had bought two Parsley plants and wanted to get them in the ground. I had…

Not much going on in these hot days of August in the flower garden. On the other hand, this is the worst year we have had in the vegetable garden. Usually we are overflowing with tomatoes! Last year we gave away to people we didn’t even know, we had so many. So far this year,…

This morning I was looking around out front at all the weeds and work that has to be done out there and foreseeing that it isn’t going to happen anytime soon with temps still in the 90’s. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught site of a yellow finch and saw him perched…