If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
Brilliant light, shining in the dark, helps give Christmas its magical feeling. The folks at the Gardens on Spring Creek understand this. Like many others, they have a night-time light display to help brighten our winter nights. Unlike others, they have created natural floral and plant decorations, perfect for a garden, and beautiful to behold.... Continue Reading →
Over the holiday weekend, we put in as many hours as we could manage weeding, starting early and working until we couldn't take the heat any more. I was determined to be more persistent than the weeds, to pull until they were gone. But there was one big thistle that wouldn't budge. Instead of getting... Continue Reading →
Thanks to a horrific ice storm in 2014, my parents lost some of the most important trees in their yard. So this spring, they decided to have some new trees planted. After telling me about the three fruit trees and eight bushes the landscapers were putting in, Mom sighed. "I know it's kind of crazy... Continue Reading →
We are having the Year of the Vine at our house. As I've mentioned before, plants consider me the Angel of Death, but Kurt loves gardening and is always eager to fill the raised beds with edible plants. I treat everything as an experiment, with little hope that anything will actually grow. Every year, something... Continue Reading →
We're having a strange year in the garden. It's a boom and bust year, all rolled into one. I'm particularly puzzled because we've had plenty of warm sunny weather, coupled with lots of rain. The weeds and the lawn seem to think we have prime growing conditions, but not all the plants are happy. In... Continue Reading →
