There are certain garden chores I like to get done mid-May before it gets really hot. So yesterday that’s what I did after my daughter and Andrew were here for Mother’s Day lunch. She picked up three chicken dinners after church from a restaurant I wasn’t even aware we had here. A place called Raising…
About once a week I visit the websites of available and adoptable cats online here in Tulsa. But that’s as far as I go. Part of me really wants to adopt a cat. The other part of me worries about how Charlie would handle it. Charlie has adapted well to being an “only child.” Back…
I have my patio pots planted now. Of course I pushed myself to get it done in two days. I’m my own worst enemy when it comes to getting things done. But…I have a pretty planted patio and I love to gaze at it. Above are striped petunias. Spotted petunias. A different shade of purple…
Lately I’ve been perusing store magazine aisles again. It used to be that the homes and gardens featured in these magazines were huge McMansion-type homes, unattainable for people like me. But now that has changed. Every time I scan the magazines in the home and garden area now, I see these words pervasively: Small Space…Small…
(Revised & Updated July 13, 2023) If you love gardening like I do, you probably get so busy you forget what you planted where. I know I do. Below are 12 DIY garden markers created by clever garden lovers. Click on the link below each photo to go to the source and instructions, though they’re…
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…