Can you tell what is wrong with this Mesquite tree? This tree has mistletoe growing in it. Can you see it? It is hard to spot mistletoe when it first infects a tree. I can spot it right away, but it takes some time to recognize it when it is small. Here is a closer […]
I must confess that I am not particularly inspired to write a garden blog post. The reason for this is that my son, Kai, has been recovering from surgery. Hip Surgery Kai was born with a condition known as arthrogryposis, which affects some of his joints. He was born with a dislocated left hip, […]
Downtown Chicago is a very beautiful place with its architecture and the river flowing through it. However, most of my attention was focused on the green spaces. How much can we see in 2 1/2 hours of walking? My husband and I found ourselves with a few hours to kill before flying home after seeing […]
This past Memorial Day, my mother had the entire family (minus my daughter, Rachele, who is in the Navy) over for brunch to celebrate the beginning of summer. As we drove up to the farm, we were greeted by the following sight… My nephews along with my son, Kai, were selling lemonade made from the […]
Some of you may have been following along as I have updated you on my daughter, Rachele’s, journey as she joined the Navy. For those of you who are only interested in gardening content, here is a container of violas that we saw at the Art Institute of Chicago. This will be the only gardening […]
Last week, as I was frantically rushing around getting ready to fly out to Chicago to attend my daughter’s Navy graduation, I received an email from a reader of my blog, which literally stopped me in my tracks and brought a huge smile to my face. When you blog, it is almost always a one-way […]
If you have been following along with my last couple of posts (Part 1 and Part 2), then you know that I have been showing some of the highlights of this year’s Arcadia Edible Garden Tour. Well, here is the last installment, showing some of our favorite highlights from the last few gardens we toured. […]
Earlier this week, I shared with you the first garden on the Arcadia Edible Tour. It was just wonderful to see the Sweet Life Garden in person. However, we had to tear ourselves away from the first garden because there were more to see… We stopped by Larry’s “Living the Dream Micro Farm”. Like […]
I love visiting other people’s gardens, particularly if they have fruit and vegetables growing in them. So, I was thrilled to be able to go on a tour of local ‘edible’ gardens earlier this month. This is the second year of the Arcadia Edible Garden Tour, which is made up of a collection of residential […]
Do you ever wonder what you should be doing in your garden in a particular month? As a freelance writer, I write a few monthly gardening articles and newsletters. So, instead of writing an entirely new blog post, here is my latest “What To Do In The Garden” article for the Southwest that I wrote […]
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