Are you thinking about designing a small space garden? Then I have some information that that you might consider before you begin. Nothing makes my heart sing more than gardening. Being out on my patio. Listening to birdsong and watching squirrels. Enjoying the scent of herbs and flowers in my container gardens. I love it…
It’s still sunny and warm here. I go out and stroll around my patio and bask in the sun warming my back and head. And of course I’m gazing into every garden container to see if I can find anything new. Because plants seem to grow in leaps and bounds this time of year. Sometimes…
Boy, it’s cold! I went out yesterday to run a few errands. Pick up a prescription, go to Trader Joe’s for food. I love that place. It has just about everything I need. I love their yogurt and the pupsters love their non-fat cottage cheese. Oh, and their turkey corn dogs. I hadn’t eaten corn…
When I lived in East Texas, I had lots of Eastern bluebirds visit my garden. They don’t visit me here, so I enjoy looking at the Eastern bluebird on the cover of this book displayed on my coffee table. It has rained the past few days and cooled off a bit, for which I’m very…
I’m cooking a pot roast in the crock pot. The apartment is filled with the aroma. It tastes better if I take it out of the crock pot, and then put it in the Breville for an hour. That somehow makes it more tender. That and some veggies and iced tea will taste good tonight…
This is a gardening post about the ins and outs of patio gardening that I’m calling Patio Gardening 101. Some of us have to garden on our patios. Whether because of injury, disability, or preference. I’m going to show you various kinds of patio gardens. I have had a patio-only garden for over 7 years…