Watching the Watermelon Grow – June 2019

Every morning I observe the watermelon’s growth. It’s so rewarding watching it grow from seed to table.

Our Garden – May 22 2019 – New Growth And New VIDEO

Welcome back to my humble backyard garden. Many of my plants that were sown around April 13 are growing and thriving, a few seedlings failed, new seeds were planted, purple sweet potato vines were planted (video), and I'm watering heavily to keep up with these drought conditions in zone 8b. Here's a look around. ^ …

Just Use Your Imagination, and your child’s toys, to Make a Fairy Garden

Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. Matthew 19:14 A couple years ago I gathered a hodge podge of tiny props and flat ground growling herbs to make my little girl a fairy garden. I had always been captivated by …

How Pruning Can Renew Your Garden, and Much More

Because, even a good thing can get in the way.

We Planted Lima Beans For Memory Sake

I must have been about 10 years old when I learned what a Lima Bean was and tasted it after picking it right off an organic vine in my Grandpa’s backyard garden. Little did I know how these brief childhood experiences would impact me for a lifetime. 

Tomatillo and Okra Do-Overs

I will tell you how I have successfully grown okra and tomatillos after overcoming some local growing challenges.

How to become an Heirloom Gardener (Lesson in seed collection)

Do  not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is  left of the old. -Winston Churchill How do you save these seeds? This was the question I was asked after I posted a reflective blog entry called, "I am an Heirloom Gardener on Foreign Soil". My husband was the …

I am an Heirloom Gardener on Foreign Soil

Life  is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let  us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live  better in the future. William Wordsworth I am an heirloom gardener on foreign soil. Originally from Texas, I have Hispanic and Jewish …

First a Birder, Now a Bugger

I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me. George Washington Carver I can second Mr. Carver's sentiments. Like Carver, I have a love …

Pollinator Sighting

What's a butterfly garden without butterflies? Roy Rogers I was admiring the flowers in my yard today and some moths and butterflies came fluttering in. I was able to watch them meticulously stretch out their tongues and place them inside each flower to draw nectar.