Archive for April, 2008
Picture of the Week
Posted in Picture of the Week on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Compost your important papers
Posted in Composting, gardening, tagged gardening, Add new tag, DIY, How To, Composting, worm bin, red wigglers, shredding papers, recycling, identity theft, business on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With all the scare today of identity theft and the nightmare of having our important financial information stolen and used by others, I thought I would share this thought. Alot of folks have jumped at the idea of shredding their personal data – purchasing a small shredder for the task is not expensive, but once [...]
Growing the Luffa sponge
Posted in Crafts, Luffa, Unique plants, garden crafts, gardening, tagged Crafts, DIY, garden crafts, gardening, How To, Luffa, luffa soap on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I grew Luffa last year for the first time and I am growing alot more this year – it was interesting, educational and I like growing something that has a “purpose”. The luffa sponge grows in the garden and not the ocean like many people believe – I always thought that myself until I came across [...]
Weekend trip to garden
Posted in Ferns, Flowers, Spring 2008, gardening on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We headed down south with the new mower and a whole lot of 40 lb. bags of black dirt! It amazes me the difference in soil from here to there AND the weather, we left behind some nasty storms and arrived to 80 degree weather! The next day was milder in the 60s and since we [...]
Swans, Ferns & Chocolate
Posted in Ferns, Nature, Spring 2008, gardening, swans, tagged chocolate covered strawberries, ferns emerging, gardening, swans nesting on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those wondering if the Swans succeeded in claiming their nest …
In the last 2 pictures Mr. Swan joined Mrs. Swan in the nest and I think he is flirting with her … not sure what she is doing – you think he woke her up??
Next …. the ferns are starting to emerge and these pictures are [...]
Picture of the Week
Posted in Nature, Picture of the Week, Spring 2008 on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Transporting seedlings
Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most of the seeds that I start I have been using black flat trays filled with soil and scattering the seed or in some cases laying the seed in rows with space between each other. Some seeds I have never grown before (well, alot of seeds for that matter) like this Blue Columbine which I [...]
Gardening on Earth Day
Posted in Companion Gardening, Crafts, Flowers, Spring 2008, garden crafts, gardening, tagged Add new tag, Earth Day, flagstone art, garden crafts, gardening, greenhouse, roses on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
How appropriate and I am glad we finally have some gardening weather! I will plant out “just a few flowers” since I really don’t trust the weather and its fluctuations as of late. To go in the ground will be Flowering Sunset Kale, Foxglove, Globe Amaranth – we will see how these do and then [...]
The Swans vs. The Geese
Posted in Nature, Spring 2008, swans, tagged Add new tag, birds, Nature, nesting, swans on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was waiting for the showdown to occur with the Swans and the Geese for at least over a week now. The geese just took it upon themselves to make a home in the swan nest and the swans let them do it! I am thinking what happened is that the swans weren’t ready for [...]
