Last spring Mr. Much More Patient looked out the window at our still-gray landscape and asked why we didn’t have more daffodils. They are a good bulb to grow here because no critters will touch… [Continue Reading]
Archives for October 2016
FRIDAY FINDS
You can tell that it’s fall and people are starting to move inside because there’s been some great stuff on the Internet this week. Before I dig in, a quick programming note: I mentioned bulb… [Continue Reading]
WEEKEND PROGRESS
We were blessed with yet another gorgeous autumn weekend here. I can’t say enough about how wonderful the weather has been for most of this year, but I feel like we deserve it after two… [Continue Reading]
FRIDAY FINDS
Some weeks Friday it feels even better than usual when Friday rolls around. So it goes this week. Some affiliate links may be used. This means that if you buy what I link to, I… [Continue Reading]
THE PATH-MAKING MISTAKES I MADE THAT YOU SHOULDN’T
One thing that can be said for sort of tedious gardening tasks such as weeding or moving mass quantities of soil is that it gives you a lot of time to think. And over the… [Continue Reading]
DIGGING MACHINE
Progress continues on the renovation of the oval circle garden but I won’t lie, I’m getting nervous about how slowly it’s going. I spent a good part of last weekend working on it and have… [Continue Reading]
THE ALMIGHTY ALLIUM + A GIVEAWAY
I remember the first time I took notice of an allium. It was on Mackinac Island where a side garden at the Hotel Iroquois was planted with what must have been hundreds of Globemaster alliums,… [Continue Reading]