red geraniums

Flowers for Summer? Not So Fast…..

Last week, on a trip to our local big box store, I was greeted by the pallets loaded with beautiful, red geraniums.  This is a sight that made me angry. You may be wondering why on earth the sight of beautiful flowers made me angry. …
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Beavertail Cactus

All Dressed Up For Easter….

 Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) Soft, pastel colored cactus flowers are ready for Easter. But on a cactus?   Absolutely! Each year, an event occurs in the surrounding desert about the same time as Easter. Beautiful…
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Nasturtium

A Surprise In My Inbox….Flowers!

Nasturtium From time to time, I receive emails from readers of my blog who ask me a gardening question or two.  Well, I love talking about plants and helping people with their gardens, so it works out well. Earlier this week,…
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Great Britain

An Author’s Garden and Inspiration

As a child, I was a voracious reader....I still am.  One of my favorite authors was C.S. Lewis.  My mother introduced me to the first book of the "Chronicles of Narnia",  The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe.  As soon as…
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seeds

A Vegetable Garden…..Completed!

Well as promised, this is the last installment of the creation of our vegetable garden.  The journey has been quite a bit longer then we had anticipated due to some unexpected interruptions....a dead car battery & a broken arm.   Now…
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Vegetable Garden

A Vegetable Garden Interrupted….Again

In yesterday's post, I am sure that I left you all on the edge of your seats, waiting to see how we fared after our van, which was fully loaded with supplies for our new vegetable garden, wouldn't start in the parking lot of our local big box…
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Vegetable Garden

A Vegetable Garden Interrupted….

Our first foray into vegetable gardening, as a family, was well on it's way to becoming reality.... the site had been selected, the seeds purchased, the time set aside in our schedule and then....life happened. I had a vegetable garden as…
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Plant Nursery

Like a Kid in a Candy Store…

A horticulturist in a plant nursery is much like a kid in a candy store, which can be VERY dangerous..... This is where I found myself a couple of weeks ago after spending the day walking through the beautiful gardens of "The Living…
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Blue Hibiscus

The Unexpected…In the Garden and in Life

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The past couple of days have been filled with the normal things that make up my life....taking care of my family, landscape consults, blogging, etc.  But, one of the things that I love and sometimes don't love about life are the unexpected…
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Double S Farms

Celebrations, Chickens and Slugs…

Kind of a weird title for a post, but it fits all that I am going to try to fit into this one.... Earlier this week, we packed up the kids into our trusty minivan and took the long drive to Double S Farms....okay, it took us all of 5 minutes…
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