Let’s Get Some Sun! Are you as tired of the dreary gray days as I am?! Don’t get me wrong – I’m not complaining that we haven’t had the bitter cold and huge amounts of snow that January typically brings, but a little sun wouldn’t hurt every now and then, would it? And we really could use a proper freezing …
Let’s Get Planning! This December was a record-breaker – at least for me. This is the first time I have ever planted bulbs on Christmas Day! I hadn’t planned to plant bulbs on Christmas Day, but the temperature was in the 50’s, and the ground was soft, and I had some bulbs that I hadn’t gotten around to planting, so …
I feel like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland – running around saying, “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!” I seem to be late in doing a lot of things at the moment – like getting this month’s newsletter out, and getting my outdoor clean-up done. The snowstorm in early November caught me off guard, and …
It seems like we have had real fall this year – cool, crisp, sunny days, and chilly nights that are great for bonfires, mixed in with the rain our perennials, trees, and shrubs need to make sure they go into winter fully hydrated. Ignoring the past two days, the days have been terrific for getting those last-minute outdoor chores done, …
I love this time of year, for so many reasons. I like the cooler temperatures and the beautiful colors of the mums, asters, goldenrod, and other late bloomers that are putting on a show now as everything else is fading away. There is just something about the color combinations that Mother Nature has chosen for this time of year that …
My apologies for the lateness of this month’s newsletter – I was squeezing the last bits of summer out of the season for a few days on Lake Michigan with friends, and just couldn’t pull myself away from the beautiful sunsets to sit down at my computer! I am just not quite ready for the season to come to an …
August 8th is “National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day!” It’s fun and easy to celebrate – just wait until your neighbors have gone to bed, and put some of the loads of zucchini you’ve been picking every day onto their porch. They’ll never know it was you (unless, of course, you are the only one in the …
Have you seen anything about what the weather people are saying about our weather now? We are apparently in a “ring of fire” weather pattern. I can’t keep up with all the terms they have for our weather – we had a “polar vortex” and a “cyclone bomb” earlier this year, and now this. This phenomenon apparently means we will …