Category: Mother Nature
Becoming ripe
these are photos of our gardens…the cherry tomato I picked off the vine & popped into my mouth, blew my tastebuds away. The tomatoes at publix taste like water & are mealy, while freshly grown are as flavorful as ketchup or salsa compared to water. Amazing difference, the only reason I am a fan of…
driftwood tree birdhouse
Best birdhouse ever
Queen Ann’s Lace & Red clover
I think Queen Ann’s lace was made from white butterflies & snow flakes. One day I’m going to pull some Queen Ann’s lace & red clover from the ditch & plant it where its supposed to be. In my garden & in my vases to remind me of home. I like to think that the…
Evil wraps itself around my Azealas…
This invader smells like a dangerous woman…in church. Too much nickel & dime store perfume. Honeysuckle looks like a type of alien…I mean orchid. I read about this creepy vine/ boa constrictor while growing up in Vermont, my stories told me that nothing smelled sweeter, or tasted sweeter, then the Honeysuckle. I assumed it was…
an AMAZING IDEA FOR BLOGGERS
did I get your attention? I learn a lot from bloggers about gardening, cutting fresh flowers, photography etc My desk is a pile of notes EVERYWHERE, post it, pads students have given me. When I write, part of me knows I will never find what I’m looking for & when my desk has not one…
Where is the old woman who can swallow flies?
I need her, I have one on my perfectly formed flower.
Geraniums to be
I had four plants last year, planting two per big pot. In the fall I found a plastic black bucket (maybe a big bush came in?) and stuffed those four geraniums in that one bucket & put it on the back deck up against the house. Never covered it during a frost. Never thought much…
flowers drained of color
like a vampire. The flowers are from Leaf & Petal…most i’ve planted at home. A few are at there stores. I went to two different Leaf & petals yesterday. Life is good.
So did you know you can give spider mums a haircut?
The first thing to turn on a spider mum is the outside petals, they stop curling up & turn blah. So I took my plant scissors, turned it upside down, chopped all the way around & it looks new again. I will let you know how much longer they last with their haircut. Everything but…
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