I was going through old newsletters looking for a story I wrote about garden critters and I came across this piece. I decide to post to share because I believed I could and it is really that simple. From November 2011 Fresh from the Garden Newsletter: I am often...
How good it is! Early Sunday morning is my time to soak up the joy and abundance of my garden before we head off to Sunday school, church, then on to our folks for the meals of the day. Our Golden Babs gets me up at my normal hour of 5am because her tummy doesn’t...
I am so excited to share that I have signed a book contract!! This is the book I have longed to do. It will be in my normal style of cutting to the chase and giving you what you need to have the best spring garden ever. Look for it in the summer of 2014, the publisher...
When should you mulch, spring or fall? All beds should be mulched all the time. This includes flowers, vegetables and herbs. Replenishing the mulch can happen at any time. There are a lot of rules that folks apply to mulching, but if your beds are properly mulched...
Steve and I have always known this place is special. This spring seems more so than ever before. Maybe its the earliness of the season or maybe it is we are taking the time to look at the details this year. We are expecting guests on Wednesday for the Historic Garden...
We have babies almost everywhere around here. There are wren babies, bluebird babies, of course sparrow babies, then we have the celebrity babies; the horned owl babies, not to be out done we have loads of ladybug babies, because we also have their favorite snack,...
The Daily Press newspaper has always been so good to us! That whole lone farmer in the midst of the city tends to make for interesting and novel news reports. This spring has been no exception. Last week (2-9-2012) Shannon Humphrey of the Daily Press did an article in...
I have completed the first draft of my book, The Easy Cut-Flower Garden. YEAH! I just sent it to my good friend Susan Yoder Ackerman who edits and proofs all my non- blog writings. Look for it available soon on our online garden store. I amcelebrating Lisa
From the Feb 2010 Newsletter: After catching a few minutes of Oprah a few weeks ago on the show about where your food comes from, I was intrigued to investigate further. This led me to watched two films about this topic: Food, Inc which I watched through Netflix...
Gardening doesn't always have to be about chores, planting or planning and today was one of those days. Today my gardening was about receiving encouragement, so that I might encourage others. Suzanne and I have been practically chained to our computers finishing...
