Gardening

Since we last met here, Kenny and I have been all over Louisiana and to South Florida.. I think we ended up on the moon at some point.  Then we house/pet sat for Ashley, while she, Dustin, Gabe, Izze, and...

It's been over six weeks since my last post. I cannot readily account for that time, except to wonder if perhaps I was abducted by aliens. Similarly, the recent tasks commanded by Sadie, are ones that I would like to...

We started Spring 2022, sprinting out of the gate... and that was at least ten nursery trips ago. By early Summer, we've gone completely insane and now live in a giant terrarium! 🤪 I think it was a Saturday afternoon...

Last week I bought an old, burled walnut wardrobe off Facebook Marketplace. It replaces the very dark, sawdust-and-glue armoire, that stood there previously. I love how the lighter wood of my new/old wardrobe helps to brighten up the room! Everything...

Finished fencing my garden against our newest little beast, Ziggy! She’s all puppy right now. Shes really a sweetie and she cant help herself yet for the most part, but she is so smart and shes learning. But the joy...

I've got 28 tomato plants: The row on far right is 3 different varieties of heirlooms I started from some old seed I had on hand. Glad they germinated, but I still lost about half in the seedling stage. I've...

Sadie's lawn is mostly centipede grass. I put some fertilizer down once last Fall, but that's all I've done, besides mowing it....

This is a gallery of irises between my yards in Coldwater and Southaven (the old house). I am in the process of transplanting many of these in the new yard, but it will be awhile before they start to bloom....

Photos from my vegetable garden this year....

I have grown various orchids for years, but I'm downsizing my collection of over fifty (yes, you read that correctly: FIFTY?!) orchids, as Sadie is eating up all our time these days... with no end in sight! And if you...