If you are a gardener your New Years Resolutions always include plans for the garden. Start this New Year right and start planning now. What are your goals? Start your new garden journal now write down each goal on a separate page. What do you need to complete that goal? Order seed books? Get your…
PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN MERRY CHRISTMAS KAREN
My husband and I took my granddaughters to Christmas in the Streets in downtown Chickamauga last Saturday. Each year the street in front of the Merchants is closed, and vendors set up. One of the vendors was the local boyscouts who were selling reindeer food and mistletoe. What does Mistletoe have to do with Christmas?…
Saturday we awoke to a beautiful layer of snow. We don’t see that much here, especially so early in the season. By 9:00 the sun had come out and the snow was almost gone. But, I couldn’t resist taking a few pictures. Click on the pictures to get a better view. My oldest lavender next…
Would someone please tell me where the last 2 months went? I last posted in September!!!. I did have two bouts with the flu which is unusual for me, the worst was after I received the H1N1 Vaccine. I work in an ICU, and we have had several cases so I thought it was best…
Is it Fall Yet? I can’t wait, so I purchased some outdoor furniture covers for the patio and then started my decorations early. I like to create little “vignettes” with some of my favorite junk. This old black bicycle sat under a tree all summer with nothing on it, just waiting for me to dress…
Emma and her 9 chicks Roscoe and Rosa In the spring my granddaughters and I purchased 4 little chicks from an elderly gentleman, and brought them home. One of the smaller chicks died after a few days but that left us with 3. After raising them to an age where they could go into their…
The mosquitos have been terrible at my house for the last few weeks. Of course they are more active at dusk and dawn, just when it is finally cool enough to work in the gardens. Some things you can do to avoid mosquitos include wearing light clothing, keep the sweat wiped off as you work…
My friend Sandra plants hens and chicks everywhere (sempervivum tectorum). She planted several for me last summer in an old red wagon, but I allowed them to get too much rain over the winter, and many rotted (there was no drainage in the bottom of the wagon, our mistake). I transplanted what was left in…
I planted my apothocary garden, and Michele at Possum Creek Herbs gave me a horehound plant for free. I have heard of horehound cough drops, but was not very familiar with the plant. It grows quite large (up to 2 feet tall) and is not the prettiest of plants so it was planted at the…
