“You are beautiful!” We see that so many places, stickers on walls, buildings, posts, signs, etc. It is plastered many places, but you can’t plaster …
You are an Awfully Pretty Drainage Ditch
Summer
Edible Flowers and Leaf Lettuce
I forgot how much I love Johnny Jump Ups and Violas. I started two seed packets of them this winter to interplant with my leaf …
New Garden for Us
We have relocated to Illinois. We are about 40 miles northwest of Chicago in a village called Barrington Hills, horse country. There is a lot …
Heliconias and Gingers
We have really been just torturing ourselves with the house. So the garden blogging as been left a bit to the wayside. When everything gets …
A Few Flower Photos
This year, I really feel the flowers were powerful. Here are just a few blooms that seemed to make my heart skip a beat. The …
A Little Recognition
Mid summer, I sent in some pictures of my personal garden to an “Excellence in Gardening” competition. By September, I found out that I had …
Second Look at Sonya’s Garden
I started Sonya and Amour’s garden last year. You can look at the post to see the difference! I’m so happy to see how well …
A Look at John’s Garden
Sometimes you get to work on a garden for several years, watching the development of specific areas, and getting a feeling of how the space …
Camping and Inspiration
This past weekend, we were camping at Nelson Dewey State Park in Cassville, Wisconsin. It is a beautiful, but buggy, spot along the Mississippi River. …
Hot Days
Having grown up in Texas, I feel a little nostalgic when the days get unbearable. I enjoy relaxing during the heat of the day. Hot …