It’s been a long winter
Many of us in the North experienced one of the snowiest winters that we’ve had in years. Cool temperatures are continuing even though it’s already officially spring. I’d say that this year we’re probably going to be two or three weeks behind on our normal Spring gardening tasks.
Normally the […]
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This weeks theme is Practical
You knew I’d find a flower for the Practical theme this week didn’t you? Of course I did.
I think flowers are very practical life forces. They develop on plants, look attractive and sometimes give off scents which attract insects who […]
Wordless Wednesday
I found this photo on the net and I just loved it!
I love how the artist has made the vegetables look both insect-like and menacing at the same time.
A visitor to As the garden grows told me that they’d seen some tiny red bugs on their bearded Iris leaves. Blasting the plant with water didn’t help because the bugs came back out again once the leaves dried off.
Spraying the plants with a blast of water was actually a good move and it […]
