Gardening
Windy Knoll Gardening
It’s time to put in the vegetable garden, but in the winter time? The wind here is so cold it would make one sick to stay out in it. I don’t see how the plants are surviving all this, but as far as I can tell they are fairing reasonably well. I’ve lived several years…
Read MoreA Windy Knoll Update
Where do I begin? I’m writing this on Tuesday afternoon. The cool rainy weather has now turned to fair weather and the cold wind is rolling in. As I’ve told you before, the wind always seems colder here atop the Windy Knoll. — even in the hottest of weather there is nearly always a gentle breeze. This…
Read MoreA Windy Knoll Report
And so the old folks just keep on keeping on. Spring is here and there is at least one million chores that need to be done. Duh! Most will be left undone. John is as tight as the bark on a hickory tree with his money and it’s forbidden that we get a yard man. …
Read MoreAh, April – My Favorite Month 2009
Wildflowers have always been a big part of my life, but the year was 1967 when I was more intimately introduced to them. I can remember as a child the woods in front of our house was full of wild azaleas (what we called Honeysuckle back then) and I would gather them by the wheelbarrow…
Read MoreGardening Woes and Thrills 2008
It has always been the aim of this writer not to dwell on the negative, but as I sit here in front of this empty screen, today I deviate. We no longer garden as we did a few years ago and, apparently, it is just as well what with the droughts of recent years. As…
Read MoreGardening — Just a Gamble
John’s fancy electronic rain gauge/thermometer read 15 degrees this morning. Wow!! That was 10 degrees below the predicted reading. We had lots of hydrangeas budding out and I can only imagine what they look like this morning. Many of those bloom on old wood and we’ll probably have few, if any, blooms this year. Last…
Read MoreBeauty in the Shade Garden
Where to begin this article escapes me. This afternoon The One I Love Best dragged other “stuff” out of the way of the golf cart and offered me a ride. It was as though I had died and gone to heaven. Our woods are ablaze with color. The pictures I made are not top quality;…
Read MoreGardening Update
As you can readily see, I’m out of a subject this morning. My mind is blank!! LOL You may remember that I planted tomato seed about the middle of February (planted according to the almanac) and have separated them. They are growing; however, they are spindly. When they get a little larger I’ll pinch the…
Read MoreOn Growing Rosemary 2013
Note: This is the very first article I posted on this blog — I thought it important enough to repost. (June 2013) At this writing we have three beautiful clusters of rosemary growing here – one in the garden , one in a flower bed next to the house and one in a pot. Some…
Read MoreGardening and Chores
And so spring must be on the way we have daffodil blossoms and the hellebores are beginning to open. The Hellebores should have already been in full swing; however, the cold winter slowed them down — in fact, I was beginning to wonder if they made it. In case you’re not familiar with Hellebores —…
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