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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Damaged Irises Have NEW Growth: Flower Photographs

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Today when I went to look at the irises that were damaged by the lawn mower I was happy to see that some have signs of new growth.  These...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Outdoor Living Ideas: Creating a Space

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Recently one of my online followers emailed a question. They told me that they were following my home and garden sets on my blog and that t...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Caring For Damaged Irises

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The other day my husband decided to run the mulching lawn mower over my backyard irises. He thought it was a good idea; quicker and faste...

Keeping Irises Insect Free with Neem Oil

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This summer has been a real buggy one. I suppose it was due to a cold and damp spring, followed by standing water due to ground saturati...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

DO NOT Trim Iris Leaves with Lawn Mower

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This post is not like my usual How to care, plant or maintain your yard and gardens, instead it has to do with what NOT to do. Know ...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Gardening Today: Removing Dead Branches from Trees

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My husband and I were up early today because if we are going to do any work outdoors it has to be early in the morning because afternoons ar...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Dandelions: Easy to Grow and Tastes Good Too

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Every growing season my husband and I have disagreements about the dandelions that grow in the yard. He thinks of them as an ugly weed and...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Maintaining Backyard Wildlife Habitat

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In 2004 my husband and I decided to grow a wildlife habitat that would naturally provide the songbirds, squirrel, deer and other wildlif...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Vinegar Weed Killer Tips and Warnings

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Recently I published a post about using the vinegar and ultra dawn dish soap formula to kill the weeds and grasses growing in between my ga...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Weeds Growing in-between Stepping Stones

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Removing the weeds that grow in-between the stepping stones has been my  garden project this week.  Know that I started this task by using a...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Gardening Today with Husband

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Well the rain has finally stopped and today it is sunny so have been gardening with my husband. This morning we had our coffee on the patio ...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Self Propelled All-Wheel Drive Lawn Mower Cuts Lawn FAST

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My husband has been working a lot, long hours and on his day off so I thought I would help him out by cutting the lawn with his NEW Hus...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Armadillos Dug Up Rose Garden

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I learned about armadillos when a mother decided to bring her babies into my yard and dig up my lawn and rose gardens. They were foraging in...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Word of Mouth Garden Job

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 I have been working on my gardens for the last 7 days.  Know that my yard and garden represents my skills and if I am to get jobs in...
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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Gardening at Dawn

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Now that the rainy season has finally come to an end the days have gotten hot and muggy which makes gardening uncomfortable so I have been g...
Friday, May 29, 2015

Another Day of Rain: Yard Cleanup will Take a Week

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The weather forecast called for sun today and I cleared my schedule so I could go outdoors and start pulling the weeds from my garden beds. ...
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Spring Rain Makes Flowers and Weeds Grow FAST

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April showers are welcoming to any gardener but when it rains too much then it creates a horrible mess. During the month of May we had hor...