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Peacock tail feathers up close.
Peacock tail feathers up close.

Category: Gardening

  • A Summer Party!

    I blame Pinterest. However, the photograph below is not from Pinterest, but from my backyard last Friday evening.   I have a beautiful yard, a beautiful husband, and a knack for stressing him out with my big ideas. I wanted to celebrate his 40th birthday in style while he just wanted to forget about it.…

  • Only Mostly Dead

    This was a harsh winter. The only plants that seemed to survive were the weeds. My bay plant, rumored to be more than 50 years old, died. We cut it down and this is all that’s left. It was fragrant as we burned the old bay branches, in a funeral pyre sort of way. As…

  • Shutdown 101

    I am trying to focus on the positive. For instance: Why yes I AM the sole breadwinner of the house! Doesn’t that give me a sense of accomplishment? Well, no, since we would all starve if that was normally the case. How does one cope with a government shutdown when one’s spouse works for the…

  • “The Midnight Jammer”

    My kids have started calling me “The Midnight Jammer.” “Drunken Fig Jam” August around here means figs. I don’t know if these figs are just happy because they know I bought two fig trees… oh and a house to go along with them, but they are expressing their appreciation in abundance, and these trees are…

  • Citrosa, Herbs & Mosquitoes

    I was recently inspired by my mom, who was rubbing the leaves of a geranium plant on her skin, to plant some mosquito-repellent plants. Moms are so smart. I ran to Behnke’s, our local nursery, and found this cute tag on a plant called “Citrosa.” It smells strongly of citronella and claims, with comic-book size…