Hello everyone. The last few months have been busy with the holidays, families but most of all we lost our beloved Golden Retriever, Frasier. We said goodbye the first week of January, he got to visit everyone across Ohio over the holidays and be with all his cousins (the kids). He never lost his appetite [Read more...]
It’s that time of year agian, when you start seeing the garden come to life. All that work looks like it’s going to pay off. The tomato plants are lush, green and the tomatoes are beginning to ripen. The flowers are blooming and the garden looks beautiful. Then… I stepped into the garden today to find out raccoons have been [Read more...]
Another sign of spring, the Helleborus or commonly known as the Lenten Rose are in bloom. I have three different varieties, a red, pink and white. They stay green all winter and then late Febuary the new buds and leaves start emerging. I just Enjoy the pictures. [Read more...]
It was a nice day to work in the yard so I ventured out to trim the dead foliage from last year. Lots of bulbs, plants and green life is popping up from the winter soil. I pulled the dead leaves off the Siberian Iris to reveal new buds emerging from the soil and decided to trim back the thyme. As [Read more...]
I know it’s another cloudy, snowy, cold day, but we must think spring. Think ahead to the warm soil and planting season and then enjoying our fresh picked produce. It will be here before you know it. Eggplant and peppers are very slow growing. I started the seeds this week. Farmer John said it’s also [Read more...]
The snow has melted and we are enjoying a sunny warm day. It actually hit 60 degrees today. The very first sign of spring are the snowdrops in bloom. It’s so exciting to see a blooming flower in February. It gives you the hope that spring is right around the corner. It’s amazing how these [Read more...]
Happy New Year and wishing you all the best in 2011! The weather is all over the place now, when our average temp for central Ohio in December is 40 degrees . New Year’s Eve it was 60 degrees here, a balmy 60 degrees! I couldn’t believe it. After a month of snow, bitter winds and the [Read more...]
Sorry, I haven’t been blogging much. I have been getting the gardens ready for winter, pulling out all the dead annuals, trimming the dead off the perennials and leaves, leaves and more leaves. I do leave some of the seed heads for the birds to munch on in the winter and I leave some dead [Read more...]
The nights are starting to get chilly and the basil hates the cold. If there is a frost warning in your area, cover your basil with a sheet, it is the first plant to be killed by the frost. I cut the seed heads off my Thai, Lemon and Large Leaf Basil to dry [Read more...]
Basil is the herb of the summer, perfect because it goes so well with tomatoes and it does not like the cold weather, not even a little bit. Plant after all danger of frost has passed, late May for us in Central Ohio. It loves to grow along side with the tomatoes and they both [Read more...]