May 24, 2018 Elephant Ears One of my favorite garden bulbs is what we call “Elephant Ears.” These are from three bulbs that we dug up in some weeds when we first moved in. They were tiny, neglected, and crowded. With good fertilizer and plenty of water, (we didn’t have [...]
May 22, 2018 Results of the Rains In late Florida Spring, we get rain. Who am I kidding? We get flooded. Our meteorologists have a very easy job. They can say, “we have a 100% chance of rain at some point today with clouds and a chance of thundershowers.” We [...]
March 3, 2018 Spring Seeds Florida likes to tease our tropical plants a bit with a fake spring. It’s really the start of spring weather but we will have at least one more cold snap to remind us that we do participate briefly in the season the rest of the [...]
February 16, 2018 Garden Lesson Cold, actually cool (we’re in Florida, “cold” means less than 50 degrees), breezes attacked us. Winter means pruning roses, repotting figs, starting seeds in pots, and refreshing the soil in beds for spring sowing, all to prepare the garden for a new crop. Newness. Even [...]
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Updated October 7, 2020 Who I Am (Introduction) Most importantly to me, I’m a wife, mother, home-school teacher, and friend. That sounds really simple… so, how about adding in our hobby garden, ongoing “school project” flock of chickens, outdoor Guinea Pigs, twittering parakeets, one sweet bunny, the fact that [...]