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…
Garden Issues
Spring’s Here & I Need To Face My Physical Limitations of Gardening
As the fog rolls in this morning, I took a tour outside and looked over my hypertufa pots and other plantings in my garden and it looks like Spring is really here! Sometimes…
Under The Mistletoe At Christmas
Meet under the mistletoe and get a kiss! The sweetest tradition or custom regarding what could happen under the mistletoe says that hanging it in a doorway or entrance would cause all who…
Algae and Lichens and Fungi….Oh My!
Am I on a Yellow Brick Road somewhere? No, it is just that I am a fan of these types of plants or organisms. I have written previously about mosses, but I also…
Osage Orange or Hedge Apples? Do They Ward Off Pests?
It’s Monday again and here in Ohio and it’s hot. Is it seriously this far gone toward fall? I want summer for a little while longer…no, I need it to be a lot…
Zzzzt! Zzzzt! Zzzzt! Electric Bug Zappers? Am I Heartless?
Earlier this summer, we decided to go ahead and hang our Electric mosquito zapper or basically an electric bug zapper out on the back deck. I wasn’t sure just how I would feel…
Announcing A Bloom -My Hoya Is Flowering – My First & Only Bloom!..But Wait….
I have a hoya carnosa houseplant that I have had since the spring of 2019 and I have been anxiously awaiting a bloom. I wrote about it on a post a while back…
Hypertufa Troughs Get Weedy? We’ll Fix That!
Weeds are unwelcome! I always hate to go out into the garden and see that the weeds are plotting another takeover. I can work for hours pulling all the weeds and unwanted sprouts…
Painting Those Bargain Plant Shelves For The Deck
If you have been following my blog and YouTube channel, you have seen the wonderful bargain I got on plant shelving from our local grocery store. For the last several months, they have…
Not Worried About Social Distancing. I’ve Got Gardening To Do!
I just couldn’t help but address the pandemic situation in the whole world today with all the frantic toilet paper hoarding, grocery-store-Black-Friday madness, and just the dreaded threat of being socially distant from…
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