How Long Did My Clearance Amaryllis Last?
If you have seen my video on my YouTube channel about my Clearance Amaryllis this year, then you can appreciate my excitement that my four amaryllis bulbs have finally finished blooming. Yes, it…
Garden Issues
Planning New Garden Beds and Borders
It is high time for me to try and start planning new garden beds and borders at my new house. This spring will be my first springtime at this new house, and I…
Yew Tree or Taxus Baccata- Not Just A Common Evergreen!
I have a large Yew Tree (Taxus Baccata) in my back yard. It is so large it must be a Taxus baccata that was planted when the house was built in 1962. This…
Choosing A Privacy Barrier – Fence or Evergreens?
Sometimes one needs a privacy barrier whether you like your neighbors or not. Let me make this clear. I have no problems with my neighbors at all. Since we moved in last August,…
Removing Invasive Wintercreeper and Vinca
During this late summer and fall time, I am tackling a job that I have dreaded here at the new house…removing invasive wintercreeper and its buddy vinca. These plants have fully taken over…
So Many Plants To Move? How To Move Plants To New Home
Most of you know already that we planned a move again and it has been so stressful and difficult. And I know my husband doesn’t read this blog so I can safely admit…
White Mold Growing On My Potting Soil?
So do I use it or lose it? A few weeks ago, I opened the door on my garden shed and found something looking like snow drifts on the surface of my potting…
Are You Battling Gnats? Maybe There IS A Solution
When we love houseplants, we just plain love houseplants, no matter what troubles and heartaches they might involve. Depending on how many houseplants you may have, your problems could be small in comparison…
Saying Goodbye To My Garden
Changes are coming in my life and the life of my family. If you don’t already know, my husband and I live with my daughter and her husband and my grandson. It has…
So Do Cicadas Bite? Depends On What You Call Bite!
Our Cicada invasion for 2021 is coming to an end here in Ohio as I write this, and I do want to address the question “Do Cicadas bite?” Bite perhaps wouldn’t be the…
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