My Way of Living [07/09/16] 

  • Petunias and Power washing

    There are, or there should be few phrases in a gardeners world that truly strike fear into their hearts. Infestation of aphids might be one, that and early blight would be another. But being told,"we are just going to do a little power washing around the building" should strike terror into the strongest of gardeners hearts. There …

  • Before I took the Readers Digest book of Gardening Secrets back to the library I found some more great hints.TOMATOES: Bury a banana peel at the bottom of the hole when planting tomatoes. It makes a great slow release fertilizer, high in potassium. Just the thing for when you have urban raccoons running around at midnight splashin…

  • I have the wickedest headache! A terrible one, and its all your fault!! This blogging thing is getting in the way of my life. The problem is I love it! I love hearing from you, all 5 of you blog readers. In fact we should have a celebration when the total of readers jumps to 6 people. But it's keeping me up at night, wide awake at…

  • When a gardener plants a seed, she waters it with love, fertilizes it with hope, and tends it with care.When the seed sprouts, the gardener is happy. While the plant grows the gardener is filled with optimism.When the plant pushes it’s first flower from the stem, the gardener is ecstatic. Because there is nothing like seeing a see…